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.
BARRATROUS
Etymology
Adjective
barratrous (comparative more barratrous, superlative most barratrous)
(legal) Tainted with, or constituting, barratry.
Source: Wiktionary
Bar"ra*trous, (Law)
Definition: Tainter with, or constituting, barratry.
– Bar"ra*trous*ly, adv. Kent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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