In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
HETEROLOGIES
Noun
heterologies
plural of heterology
Source: Wiktionary
HETEROLOGY
Het`er*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Hetero- + -logy.]
1. (Biol.)
Definition: The absence of correspondence, or relation, in type of structure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to their being composed of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; variation in structure from the normal form; -- opposed to homology.
2. (Chem.)
Definition: The connection or relation of bodies which have partial identity of composition, but different characteristics and properties; the relation existing between derivatives of the same substance, or of the analogous members of different series; as, ethane, ethyl alcohol, acetic aldehyde, and acetic acid are in heterology with each other, though each in at the same time a member of a distinct homologous series. Cf. Homology.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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