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.
FREAKISHNESS
abnormality, freakishness
(noun) marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
freakishness (usually uncountable, plural freakishnesses)
The characteristic or quality of being freakish
Synonyms
• abnormality, enormity, weirdness; see also strangeness
Source: Wiktionary
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23 October 2024
CHANCY
(adjective) subject to accident or chance or change; “a chancy appeal at best”; “getting that job was definitely fluky”; “a fluky wind”; “an iffy proposition”
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