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.
GRIOT
griot
(noun) a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
griot (plural griots)
A West African storyteller who passes on oral traditions; a wandering musician and poet.
(culinary) A Haitian dish of fried pork.
Anagrams
• Trigo
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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