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.
CENTRICAL
centric, centrical
(adjective) having or situated at or near a center
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
centrical (comparative more centrical, superlative most centrical)
In or by the center; central.
Containing a center.
Source: Wiktionary
Cen"tric, Cen"tric*al, a.
Definition: Placed in the center or middle; central. At York or some other centrical place. Sir W. Scott.
– Cen"tric*al*ly, adv.
– Cen"tric*al*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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