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.
FOXLIKE
Etymology
Adjective
foxlike (comparative more foxlike, superlative most foxlike)
Like a fox.
Source: Wiktionary
Fox"like`, a.
Definition: Resembling a fox in his characteristic qualities; cunning; artful; foxy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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