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.
INTELLIGIBILITY
intelligibility
(noun) the quality of language that is comprehensible
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
intelligibility (usually uncountable, plural intelligibilities)
That which is intelligible; the degree to which something is intelligible.
The quality of recorded speech of every word being understandable.
Synonyms
• (degree of being intelligible): clearness, explicitness, lucidity, comprehensibility, perspicuity, legibility, plain speaking.
Source: Wiktionary
In*tel`li*gi*bil"i*ty, Etym: [Cf. F. intelligilibilité.]
Definition: The quality or state of being intelligible; clearness; perspicuity; definiteness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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