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.
FETISHISTICALLY
Etymology
Adverb
fetishistically (comparative more fetishistically, superlative most fetishistically)
In a fetishistic manner.
Source: Wiktionary
FETISHISTIC
Fe`tich*is"tic, Fe`tish*is"tic, a.
Definition: Pertaining to, or involving, fetichism. A man of the fifteenth century, inheriting its strange web of belief and unbelief, of epicurean levity and fetichistic dread. G. Eliot.
Fe"tish, n., Fe"tish*ism, n., Fe"tishist, n., Fe`tish*is"tic (, a.
Definition: See Fetich, n., Fetichism, n., Fetichistic, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANYMORE
(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”
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