In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
GRACELESSNESS
awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness
(noun) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
gracelessness, ungracefulness
(noun) an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gracelessness (countable and uncountable, plural gracelessnesses)
The state of being graceless.
Source: Wiktionary
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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