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.
DEPRECIATORY
belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting
(adjective) tending to diminish or disparage; “belittling comments”; “managed a deprecating smile at the compliment”; “deprecatory remarks about the book”; “a slighting remark”
depreciating, depreciative, depreciatory
(adjective) tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value; “a depreciating currency”; “depreciatory effects on prices”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
depreciatory (comparative more depreciatory, superlative most depreciatory)
pertaining to depreciation
Source: Wiktionary
De*pre"ci*a*to*ry, a.
Definition: Tending to depreciate; undervaluing; depreciative.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MECHANISM
(noun) the technical aspects of doing something; “a mechanism of social control”; “mechanisms of communication”; “the mechanics of prose style”
Coffee Trivia
