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.
ENCAUSTICALLY
Etymology
Adverb
encaustically (not comparable)
By encaustic means.
Source: Wiktionary
ENCAUSTIC
En*caus"tic, a. Etym: [L. encausticus, Gr. encaustique. See Caustic, and cf. Ink.] (Fine Arts)
Definition: Prepared by means of heat; burned in. Encaustic painting (Fine Arts), painting by means of wax with which the colors are combined, and which is afterwards fused with hot irons, thus fixing the colors.
– Encaustic tile (Fine Arts), an earthenware tile which has a decorative pattern and is not wholly of one color.
En*caus"tic, n. Etym: [L. encaustica, Gr. encaustique. See Encaustic, a.]
Definition: The method of painting in heated wax, or in any way where heat is used to fix the colors.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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