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.
SWEETNESS
pleasantness, sweetness
(noun) the quality of giving pleasure; “he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner”; “the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day”
bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness
(noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
sweetness, sweet
(noun) the property of tasting as if it contains sugar
sweet, sweetness, sugariness
(noun) the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sweetness (countable and uncountable, plural sweetnesses)
The condition of being sweet or sugary.
A pleasant disposition; kindness.
(informal) Term of address for one's sweetheart.
Anagrams
• wetnesses
Source: Wiktionary
Sweet"ness, n. Etym: [AS. swetness.]
Definition: The quality or state of being sweet (in any sense of the adjective); gratefulness to the taste or to the smell; agreeableness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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