In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
TURBIDITY
turbidity, turbidness
(noun) muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
turbidity (countable and uncountable, plural turbidities)
The state of being turbid; turbidness.
The measure of transparency of a fluid (units of measurement include Nephelometric Turbidity Unit (NTU)).
Source: Wiktionary
Tur*bid"i*ty, n.
Definition: Turbidness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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