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.
ELECTROKINETIC
Etymology
Adjective
electrokinetic (comparative more electrokinetic, superlative most electrokinetic)
(physics) Describing any of several phenomena in which electric charge causes movement
(physics) Describing the heating effect of an electric current
Source: Wiktionary
E*lec`tro-ki*net"ic, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to electro-kinetics.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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