RANKNESS

malodorousness, stinkiness, foulness, rankness, fetidness

(noun) the attribute of having a strong offensive smell

richness, rankness, prolificacy, fertility

(noun) the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; “he praised the richness of the soil”; “weeds lovely in their rankness”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

rankness (countable and uncountable, plural ranknesses)

The quality of being rank, of having a repulsive or pungent odor.

Exuberant or uncontrolled growth.

(obsolete) Exuberance, excessiveness.

(obsolete) Insolence.

Source: Wiktionary


Rank"ness, n. Etym: [AS. rancness pride.]

Definition: The condition or quality of being rank.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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15 March 2025

TRUNCATION

(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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