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.
BEMETE
Etymology
Verb
bemete (third-person singular simple present bemetes, present participle bemeting, simple past and past participle bemeted)
(transitive, obsolete) To measure.
Anagrams
• bemeet, beteem
Source: Wiktionary
Be*mete", v. t.
Definition: To mete. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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