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.
FISSIPEDAL
Etymology
Adjective
fissipedal (comparative more fissipedal, superlative most fissipedal)
(zoology) Being or relating to a fissiped.
Source: Wiktionary
Fis"si*ped, Fis*sip"e*dal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. fissipède.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Having the toes separated to the base. [See Aves.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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