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.
LONGNESS
longness
(noun) duration as an extension
longness
(noun) the property of being of long spatial extent; “one gene causes shortness and the other causes longness”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
longness (countable and uncountable, plural longnesses)
(rare) length, lengthiness
Synonyms
• (of time): abidingness, protractedness; see also lastingness
Source: Wiktionary
Long"ness, n.
Definition: Length.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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