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.
ECLOGITE
Etymology
Noun
eclogite (countable and uncountable, plural eclogites)
(rock) A coarse-grained metamorphic rock, a mixture of pyroxene, quartz, and feldspar with inclusions of red garnet.
Source: Wiktionary
Ec"lo*gite, n. Etym: [See Ecloque.] (Min.)
Definition: A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference to its beauty.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
9 March 2025
CLOG
(verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired; “Fear clogged her mind”; “The story was clogged with too many details”
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