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.
EPICURIZE
Etymology
Verb
epicurize (third-person singular simple present epicurizes, present participle epicurizing, simple past and past participle epicurized)
To profess or tend towards the doctrines of Epicurus.
To feed or indulge like an epicure.
Source: Wiktionary
Ep"i*cu*rize, v. i.
1. To profess or tend towards the doctrines of Epicurus. Cudworth.
2. To feed or indulge like an epicure. Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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