STATELINESS

stateliness, majesty, loftiness

(noun) impressiveness in scale or proportion

stateliness

(noun) an elaborate manner of doing something; “she served coffee with great stateliness”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

stateliness (usually uncountable, plural statelinesses)

The quality or state of being stately

Source: Wiktionary


State"li*ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being stately. For stateliness and majesty, what is comparable to a horse Dr. H. More.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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HYDRAULIC

(adjective) moved or operated or effected by liquid (water or oil); “hydraulic erosion”; “hydraulic brakes”


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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