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.
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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(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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