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.
IMPROBITY
Etymology
Noun
improbity (usually uncountable, plural improbities)
a lack of probity, honesty or integrity
Synonym: dishonesty
Source: Wiktionary
Im*prob"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. improbitas; pref. im- not + probitas probity: cf. F. improbité.]
Definition: Lack of probity; want of integrity or rectitude; dishonesty. Persons . . . cast out for notorious improbity. Hooker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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