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.
FOPPERY
Etymology
Noun
foppery (countable and uncountable, plural fopperies)
The dress or actions of a fop.
Stupidity.
Source: Wiktionary
Fop"per*y, n.; pl. Fopperies. Etym: [From Fop.]
1. The behavior, dress, or other indication of a fop; coxcombry; affectation of show; showy folly.
2. Folly; foolery. Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter My sober house. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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