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.
FOOTFALL
footfall, footstep, step
(noun) the sound of a step of someone walking; “he heard footsteps on the porch”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
footfall (countable and uncountable, plural footfalls)
(countable) The sound made by a footstep.
(chiefly, British, uncountable) Foot (pedestrian) traffic.
Source: Wiktionary
Foot"fall`, n.
Definition: A setting down of the foot; a footstep; the sound of a footstep. Shak. Seraphim, whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. Poe
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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