In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
LIMITLESS
boundless, unbounded, limitless
(adjective) seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent; “unbounded enthusiasm”; “children with boundless energy”; “a limitless supply of money”
unlimited, limitless
(adjective) having no limits in range or scope; “to start with a theory of unlimited freedom is to end up with unlimited despotism”- Philip Rahv; “the limitless reaches of outer space”
illimitable, limitless, measureless, unmeasured
(adjective) without limits in extent or size or quantity; “limitless vastness of our solar system”; “The long unmeasured pulse of time moves everything. There is nothing hidden that it cannot bring to light, nothing once known that may not become unknown.”--Sophocles
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
limitless (comparative more limitless, superlative most limitless)
Without limits in extent, size, or quantity; boundless.
Synonyms
• unbottomed, unlimited; see also infinite
Source: Wiktionary
Lim"it*less, a.
Definition: Having no limits; unbounded; boundless. Davies (Wit's Pilgr.).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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