In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
NEBULOSITY
Etymology
Noun
nebulosity (countable and uncountable, plural nebulosities)
(meteorology, astronomy) The characteristic of being nebulous; cloudiness (measured in octas).
Source: Wiktionary
Neb`u*los"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. nebulositas: cf. F. nébulosité]
1. The state or quality of being nebulous; cloudiness; hazeness; mistiness; nebulousness. The nebulosity ... of the mother idiom. I. Disraeli.
2. (Astron.) (a) The stuff of which a nebula is formed. (b) A nebula.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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