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.
anastrophe, inversion
(noun) the reversal of the normal order of words
Source: WordNet® 3.1
anastrophe (countable and uncountable, plural anastrophes)
(rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.
• inversion
Source: Wiktionary
A*nas"tro*phe, n. Etym: [Gr. (Rhet. & Gram.)
Definition: An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 April 2024
(verb) treat carefully; “He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”; “He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”
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.