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.
FANFARONADED
Verb
fanfaronaded
simple past tense and past participle of fanfaronade
Source: Wiktionary
FANFARONADE
Fan*far`on*ade", n. Etym: [F. fanfaronnade, fr. Sp. fanfarronada. See Fanfaron.]
Definition: A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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