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.
ORNERINESS
cussedness, orneriness
(noun) meanspirited disagreeable contrariness
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
orneriness (usually uncountable, plural ornerinesses)
the state of being ornery
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
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