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.
ENRHEUM
Etymology
Verb
enrheum (third-person singular simple present enrheums, present participle enrheuming, simple past and past participle enrheumed)
(obsolete, transitive) To affect with a rheum.
Source: Wiktionary
En*rheum", v. i. Etym: [Pref. en- + rheum: cf. F. s'enrhumer.]
Definition: To contract a rheum. [Obs.] Harvey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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