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.
GILDEN
Etymology 1
Adjective
gilden (comparative more gilden, superlative most gilden)
(obsolete) Golden; made of gold.
Etymology 2
Verb
gilden (third-person singular simple present gildens, present participle gildening, simple past and past participle gildened)
(ambitransitive) To make or become golden or gilded
Anagrams
• Dingle, dingle, elding, engild, ingled
Source: Wiktionary
Gild"en, a.
Definition: Gilded. Holland.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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