In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
LIQUIDNESS
fluidity, fluidness, liquidity, liquidness, runniness
(noun) the property of flowing easily; “adding lead makes the alloy easier to cast because the melting point is reduced and the fluidity is increased”; “they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer”
liquid, liquidness, liquidity, liquid state
(noun) the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
liquidness (uncountable)
The quality of being liquid (flowing state of matter).
(finance) The quality of being liquid (easily sold or disposed of).
Source: Wiktionary
Liq"uid*ness, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being liquid; liquidity; fluency.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RAREFACTION
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
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