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.
MUDDINESS
cloudiness, murkiness, muddiness
(noun) the quality of being cloudy
confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray
(noun) a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; “a confusion of impressions”
wateriness, muddiness, sloppiness
(noun) the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water; “the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness of the outfield”; “the water’s muddiness made it undrinkable”; “the sloppiness of a rainy November day”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
muddiness (usually uncountable, plural muddinesses)
The characteristic of being muddy.
Source: Wiktionary
Mud"di*ness, n.
1. The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness casued by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a stream.
2. Obscurity or confusion, as in treatment of a subject; intellectual dullness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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