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.
EPANODOSES
Noun
epanodoses
plural of epanodos
Source: Wiktionary
EPANODOS
E*pan"o*dos, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Definition: A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated in inverse order, as in the following: -- O more exceeding love, or law more just Just law, indeed, but more exceeding love! Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUSPENDED
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
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