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.
FAINEANT
faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy
(adjective) disinclined to work or exertion; “faineant kings under whose rule the country languished”; “an indolent hanger-on”; “too lazy to wash the dishes”; “shiftless idle youth”; “slothful employees”; “the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
faineant (plural faineants)
An irresponsible or lazy person.
Synonym: Thesaurus:idler
Source: Wiktionary
Fai`né`ant", a. Etym: [F.; fait he does + néant nothing.]
Definition: Doing nothing; shiftless.
– n.
Definition: A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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