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.
BLOTCHED
blotched, blotchy, splotched
(adjective) marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
blotched (comparative more blotched, superlative most blotched)
Covered in blotches.
Synonyms
• blotchy, spotted, spotty
Verb
blotched
simple past tense and past participle of blotch
Anagrams
• Bechtold
Source: Wiktionary
Blotched, a.
Definition: Marked or covered with blotches. To give their blotched and blistered bodies ease. Drayton.
BLOTCH
Blotch, n. Etym: [Cf. OE. blacche in blacchepot blacking pot, akin to black, as bleach is akin to bleak. See Black, a., or cf. Blot a spot.]
1. A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also Fig.; as, a moral blotch. Spots and blotches . . . some red, others yellow. Harvey.
2. (Med.)
Definition: A large pustule, or a coarse eruption. Foul scurf and blotches him defile. Thomson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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