According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
URGENCY
urgency
(noun) pressing importance requiring speedy action; “the urgency of his need”
importunity, urgency, urging
(noun) insistent solicitation and entreaty; “his importunity left me no alternative but to agree”
urgency
(noun) an urgent situation calling for prompt action; “I’ll be there, barring any urgencies”; “they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs”
urgency
(noun) the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
urgency (countable and uncountable, plural urgencies)
The quality or condition of being urgent
insistence, pressure
Synonyms
• exigency
• clamancy
Source: Wiktionary
Ur"gen*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. urgence.]
Definition: The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DAZED
(adjective) in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; “he had a dazed expression on his face”; “lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow”; “was stupid from fatigue”
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