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.
DEAFNESS
deafness, hearing loss
(noun) partial or complete loss of hearing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
deafness (countable and uncountable, plural deafnesses)
The condition of being deaf; the lack or loss of the ability to hear.
(figurative) Lack of knowledge or refusal to admit a particular problem, issue, etc.
Source: Wiktionary
Deaf"ness, n.
1. Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing.
2. Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to the understanding. Nervous deafness, a variety of deafness dependent upon morbid change in some portion of the nervous system, especially the auditory nerve.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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