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.
CAVORT
frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about
(verb) play boisterously; “The children frolicked in the garden”; “the gamboling lambs in the meadows”; “The toddlers romped in the playroom”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
cavort (third-person singular simple present cavorts, present participle cavorting, simple past and past participle cavorted)
(originally, intransitive) To prance, said of mounts
(intransitive) To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously.
Synonyms
• (move about boisterously): romp, frolic, prance, caper
Anagrams
• VORTAC
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*vort", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cavorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Cavorting.]
Definition: To prance ostentatiously; -- said of a horse or his rider. [Local slang U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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