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.
ELAPINE
Adjective
elapine
Pertaining to the Elapidae, a taxonomic group including cobras.
Anagrams
• alepine, alépine
Source: Wiktionary
El"a*pine, a. Etym: [See Elaps.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Like or pertaining to the Elapidæ, a family of poisonous serpents, including the cobras. See Ophidia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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