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.
ATROCHA
At`ro*cha, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A kind of chætopod larva in which no circles of cilia are developed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBLIGATE
(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”
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