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.
DELITESCENCE
Etymology
Noun
delitescence (usually uncountable, plural delitescences)
concealment; seclusion; retirement
(medicine) The sudden disappearance of inflammation.
Source: Wiktionary
Del`i*tes"cence, n. Etym: [See Delitescent.]
1. Concealment; seclusion; retirement. The delitescence of mental activities. Sir W. Hamilton.
2. (Med.)
Definition: The sudden disappearance of inflammation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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