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.
DARTROUS
Etymology
Adjective
dartrous (not comparable)
(medicine) Relating to, or partaking of the nature of, the disease called tetter; herpetic.
Source: Wiktionary
Dar"trous, a. Etym: [F. dartreux. See Dartars.] (Med.)
Definition: Relating to, or partaking of the nature of, the disease called tetter; herpetic. Dartroud diathesis, A morbid condition of the system predisposing to the development of certain skin deseases, such as eczema, psoriasis, and pityriasis. Also called rheumic diathesis, and hipretism. Piffard.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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