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.
SMILINGNESS
Etymology
Noun
smilingness (uncountable)
The quality or state of being smiling.
Source: Wiktionary
Smil"ing*ness, n.
Definition: Quality or state of being smiling. And made despair a smilingness assume. Byron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CLOG
(verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired; “Fear clogged her mind”; “The story was clogged with too many details”
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