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.
FLAGGY
Etymology
Adjective
flaggy (comparative more flaggy, superlative most flaggy)
(obsolete) Hanging down; drooping, pendulous.
(obsolete) tasteless; insipid
(geology) Tending to split into layers like flagstones.
Source: Wiktionary
Flag"gy, a.
1. Weak; flexible; limber. "Flaggy wings." Spenser.
2. Tasteless; insipid; as, a flaggy apple. [Obs.] Bacon.
Flag"gy, a. Etym: [From 5th Flag.]
Definition: Abounding with the plant called flag; as, a flaggy marsh.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPERSION
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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