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.
TENUITY
feebleness, tenuity
(noun) the quality of lacking intensity or substance; “a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice”- Nathaniel Hawthorne
rarity, tenuity, low density
(noun) a rarified quality; “the tenuity of the upper atmosphere”
thinness, tenuity, slenderness
(noun) relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; “the tenuity of a hair”; “the thinness of a rope”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tenuity (usually uncountable, plural tenuities)
Thinness, slenderness.
Meagreness, paucity.
Source: Wiktionary
Te*nu"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. tenuitas, from tenuis thin: cf. F. ténuité. See Tenuous.]
1. The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the tenuity of a hair.
2. Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood. Bacon.
3. Poverty; indigence. [Obs.] Eikon Basilike.
4. Refinement; delicacy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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