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.
ELECTRO
Etymology
Shortening.
Noun
electro (countable and uncountable, plural electros)
(countable, obsolete) An electrotype.
(uncountable, music genre) An electronic style of hip hop; electrofunk.
Verb
electro (third-person singular simple present electros, present participle electroing, simple past and past participle electroed)
(archaic) To electrotype.
Anagrams
• Elector, corelet, elector
Source: Wiktionary
E*lec"tro-. Etym: [L. electrum amber. See Electric.]
Definition: A prefix or combining form signifying pertaining to electricity, produced by electricity, producing or employing electricity, etc.; as, electro-negative; electro-dynamic; electro- magnet.
E*lec"tro, n.
Definition: An electrotype.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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