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.
CORPUSCULAR
corpuscular
(adjective) of or relating to corpuscles
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
corpuscular (comparative more corpuscular, superlative most corpuscular)
Of, pertaining to, or composed of corpuscles; particulate.
Source: Wiktionary
Cor*pus"cu*lar (kr-ps"k-lr), a. Etym: [Cf. F. corpusculaire.]
Definition: Pertaining to, or composed of, corpuscles, or small particles. Corpuscular philosophy, that which attempts to account for the phenomena of nature, by the motion, figure, rest, position, etc., of the minute particles of matter.
– Corpuscular theory (Opt.), the theory enunciated by Sir Isaac Newton, that light consists in the emission and rapid progression of minute particles or corpuscles. The theory is now generally rejected, and supplanted by the undulatory theory.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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