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.
AESTHETE
esthete, aesthete
(noun) one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
aesthete (plural aesthetes)
Someone who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature.
Source: Wiktionary
Æs"thete (, n. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: One who makes much or overmuch of æsthetics. [Recent]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PARSEC
(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
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