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.
HEATPROOF
Etymology
Adjective
heatproof (comparative more heatproof, superlative most heatproof)
insulating and incombustible
Verb
heatproof (third-person singular simple present heatproofs, present participle heatproofing, simple past and past participle heatproofed)
(transitive) To make insulating and incombustible.
Source: Wiktionary
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Word of the Day
19 April 2025
CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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