In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
NOWNESS
presentness, nowness
(noun) the quality of being the present; “a study of the pastness of the present and...of the presentness of the past”- R.E.Spiller
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
nowness (countable and uncountable, plural nownesses)
The property of happening now, or relating to now.
Anagrams
• Newsons, Swenson, ownness
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
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