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.
GRABBY
avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy, prehensile
(adjective) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; “they are avaricious and will do anything for money”; “casting covetous eyes on his neighbor’s fields”; “a grasping old miser”; “grasping commercialism”; “greedy for money and power”; “grew richer and greedier”; “prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
grabby (comparative grabbier, superlative grabbiest)
Tending to grab, especially rudely or greedily.
Synonyms
• handsy
Source: Wiktionary
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RAREFACTION
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
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