In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
CURIOUSNESS
foreignness, strangeness, curiousness
(noun) the quality of being alien or not native; “the strangeness of a foreigner”
curiousness, inquisitiveness
(noun) a state of active curiosity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
curiousness (usually uncountable, plural curiousnesses)
inquisitiveness; curiosity
(obsolete) care; carefulness; pains
(dated) The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance.
(countable) The result or product of being curious.
Synonyms
• curiosity
Source: Wiktionary
Cu"ri*ous*ness, n.
1. Carefulness; painstaking. [Obs.] My father's care With curiousness and cost did train me up. Massinger.
2. The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance.
3. Inquisitiveness; curiosity.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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