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.
DERMS
Noun
derms
plural of derm
Anagrams
• smerd
Source: Wiktionary
DERM
-derm. Etym: [See Derm, n.]
Definition: A suffix or terminal formative, much used in anatomical terms, and signifying skin, integument, covering; as, blastoderm, ectoderm, etc.
Derm, n. Etym: [Gr. derme. See Tear, v. t.]
1. The integument of animal; the skin.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: See Dermis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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