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.
DEMEANORS
Noun
demeanors
plural of demeanor
Source: Wiktionary
DEMEANOR
De*mean"or, n. [Written also demeanour.] Etym: [For demeanure, fr. demean. See Demean, v. t.]
1. Management; treatment; conduct. [Obs.] God commits the managing so great a trust . . . wholly to the demeanor of every grown man. Milton.
2. Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien. His demeanor was singularly pleasing. Macaulay. The men, as usual, liked her artless kindness and simple refined demeanor. Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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