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.
GARGANTUA
Gargantua
(noun) a voracious giant in Francois Rabelais’ book of the same name
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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