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.
ELABORATENESS
ornateness, elaborateness
(noun) an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated
elaborateness, elaboration, intricacy, involution
(noun) marked by elaborately complex detail
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
elaborateness (countable and uncountable, plural elaboratenesses)
(uncountable) The state of being elaborate
(countable) Something elaborate
Source: Wiktionary
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