You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
NASTINESS
nastiness
(noun) the quality of being highly unpleasant; “I flinched at the nastiness of his wound”
cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness, nastiness
(noun) malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
filth, filthiness, foulness, nastiness
(noun) a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
nastiness (countable and uncountable, plural nastinesses)
(uncountable) Lack of cleanliness.
(uncountable) Dirt, filth.
(uncountable) Indecency; corruption; unkindness, meanness, spite, harshness, cruelty.
(uncountable) Unpleasantness, disagreeableness (to the senses).
(countable) A nasty action, object, quality, etc. (all senses of nasty).
Anagrams
• antsiness
Source: Wiktionary
Nas"ti*ness, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being nasty; extreme filthness; dirtiness; also, indecency; obscenity. The nastiness of Plautus and Aristophanes. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
10 October 2024
FORMIDABLE
(adjective) extremely impressive in strength or excellence; “a formidable opponent”; “the challenge was formidable”; “had a formidable array of compositions to his credit”; “the formidable army of brains at the Prime Minister’s disposal”
Coffee Trivia
