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.
FULMINE
Etymology
Verb
fulmine (third-person singular simple present fulmines, present participle fulmining, simple past and past participle fulmined)
(archaic) To thunder or lightning.
(archaic, figurative) To utter with authority or vehemence; fulminate.
Anagrams
• mineful
Source: Wiktionary
Ful"mine, v. i. Etym: [F. fulminer. See Fulminate, v.]
Definition: To thunder. [Obs.] Spenser. Milton.
Ful"mine, v. t.
Definition: To shoot; to dart like lightning; to fulminate; to utter with authority or vehemence. She fulmined out her scorn of laws Salique. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
22 January 2025
MEGALITH
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
Coffee Trivia
