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.
EMPIERCE
Etymology
Verb
empierce (third-person singular simple present empierces, present participle empiercing, simple past and past participle empierced)
(now rare) To pierce through.
Source: Wiktionary
Em*pierce", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- + pierce. Cf. Impierce.]
Definition: To pierce; to impierce. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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NAUSEATING
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
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