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.
DEBATEFUL
Etymology
Adjective
debateful (comparative more debateful, superlative most debateful)
(obsolete) Contentious, argumentative, full of strife.
Source: Wiktionary
De*bate"ful, a.
Definition: Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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AGITATION
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
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