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.
BLUISH
blue, bluish, blueish
(adjective) of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky; “October’s bright blue weather”- Helen Hunt Jackson; “a blue flame”; “blue haze of tobacco smoke”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
bluish (comparative more bluish, superlative most bluish)
Having a tint or hue similar to the colour blue.
(figuratively) Somewhat depressed; sad.
Anagrams
• lubish
Source: Wiktionary
Blu"ish, a.
Definition: Somewhat blue; as, bluish veins. "Bluish mists." Dryden.
– Blu"ish*ly, adv.
– Blu"ish*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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