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.
BOUSY
Adjective
bousy (comparative more bousy, superlative most bousy)
Obsolete form of boozy.
Anagrams
• buoys
Source: Wiktionary
Bousy, a.
Definition: Drunken; sotted; boozy. In his cups the bousy poet songs. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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