Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
REPUGNANCIES
Noun
repugnancies
plural of repugnancy
Source: Wiktionary
REPUGNANCY
Re*pug"nance, Re*pug"nan*cy, n. Etym: [F. répugnance, L. repugnantia.]
Definition: The state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions, principles, qualities, and the like. That which causes us to lose most of our time is the repugnance which we naturally have to labor. Dryden. Let the foes quietly cut their throats, Without repugnancy. Shak.
Syn.
– Aversion; reluctance; unwillingness; dislike; antipathy; hatred; hostility; irreconcilableness; contrariety; inconsistency. See Dislike.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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