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.
GAWKINESS
gawkiness, ungainliness
(noun) the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gawkiness (countable and uncountable, plural gawkinesses)
The quality of being gawky.
Source: Wiktionary
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SUSPENDED
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
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