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.
YELLOWNESS
yellow, yellowness
(noun) yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
yellowness (usually uncountable, plural yellownesses)
The state or quality of being yellow.
(obsolete) Jealousy.
Source: Wiktionary
Yel"low*ness, n.
1. The quality or state of being yellow; as, the yellowness of an orange.
2. Jealousy. [Obs.] I will possess him with yellowness. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DEFROSTER
(noun) heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane)
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