In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
HISPANICIZE
Etymology
Verb
Hispanicize (third-person singular simple present Hispanicizes, present participle Hispanicizing, simple past and past participle Hispanicized)
(transitive) To make Spanish, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, or style.
(transitive) To translate into Spanish.
Source: Wiktionary
His*pan"i*cize, v. t.
Definition: To give a Spanish form or character to; as, to Hispanicize Latin words.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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