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.
BOOKFUL
Etymology 1
Adjective
bookful (comparative more bookful, superlative most bookful)
(obsolete) Full of book-knowledge; stuffed with ideas gleaned from books.
Etymology 2
Noun
bookful (plural bookfuls or booksful)
As much as a book holds.
Source: Wiktionary
Book"ful, n.
Definition: As much as will fill a book; a book full. Shak.
– a.
Definition: Filled with book learning. [R.] "The bookful blockhead." Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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