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.
WOODENNESS
woodenness
(noun) the quality of being wooden and awkward; “he criticized the woodenness of the acting”; “there was a certain woodenness in his replies”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
woodenness (usually uncountable, plural woodennesses)
The state of being wooden (often in a figurative sense).
Source: Wiktionary
Wood"en*ness, n.
Definition: Quality of being wooden; clumsiness; stupidity; blockishness. We set our faces against the woodenness which then characterized German philology. Sweet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
11 June 2025
LIGHT
(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”
Coffee Trivia
