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.
HUMORAL
humoral
(adjective) of or relating to bodily fluids
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
humoral (not comparable)
(pathology, physiology) Relating to the body fluids or humours
Source: Wiktionary
Hu"mor*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. humoral.]
Definition: Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the humors; as, a humoral fever. Humoral pathology (Med.), the pathology, or doctrine of the nature of diseases, which attributes all morbid phenomena to the disordered condition of the fluids or humors of the body.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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