In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
GNOMICAL
Adjective
gnomical (not comparable)
gnomic
• G. R. Lewes
(cartography) gnomonic
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Source: Wiktionary
Gnom"ic, Gnom"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. gnomique. See Gnome maxim.]
Definition: Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic. A city long famous as the seat of elegiac and gnomic poetry. G. R. Lewes. Gnomic Poets, Greek poets, as Theognis and Solon, of the sixth century B. C., whose writings consist of short sententious precepts and reflections.
Gnom"ic*al, a. Etym: [See Gnomon.]
Definition: Gnomonical. Boyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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