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.
COBWEBBY
cobwebby
(adjective) covered with cobwebs
diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby
(adjective) so thin as to transmit light; “a hat with a diaphanous veil”; “filmy wings of a moth”; “gauzy clouds of dandelion down”; “gossamer cobwebs”; “sheer silk stockings”; “transparent chiffon”; “vaporous silks”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
cobwebby (comparative cobwebbier, superlative cobwebbiest)
Having many cobwebs.
Resembling a cobweb or cobwebs.
(figurative) Old or dated.
Synonyms
• (having many cobwebs): cobwebbed
• (resembling a cobweb): spider-webby
• (old, dated): aged, cobwebbed, hoary; see also old or obsolete
Source: Wiktionary
Cob"web`by, a.
Definition: Abounding in cobwebs, or any fine web; resembling a cobweb.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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