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.
DITA
dita, dita bark, devil tree, Alstonia scholaris
(noun) evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
DITA (not comparable)
(automotive) Initialism of direct injected turbocharged aftercooled.
Proper noun
DITA
(Internet) Initialism of Darwin Information Typing Architecture (an XML data model for authoring and publishing)
Anagrams
• adit, dati
Source: Wiktionary
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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