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.
EFFLUXION
Etymology
Noun
effluxion (countable and uncountable, plural effluxions)
The process of flowing out.
That which has flowed out.
Synonyms
• (process of flowing out): efflux, effluence, outflow
Source: Wiktionary
Ef*flux"ion, n. Etym: [From Efflux.]
1. The act of flowing out; effusion.
2. That which flows out; effluvium; emanation. Some light effluxions from spirit to spirit. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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