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.
DEPURATION
Etymology
Noun
depuration (countable and uncountable, plural depurations)
The removal of impurities, especially from bodily fluids; purification, cleansing.
Source: Wiktionary
Dep`u*ra"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dépuration.]
Definition: The act or process of depurating or freeing from foreign or impure matter, as a liquid or wound.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
7 November 2024
ERASE
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
Coffee Trivia
