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.
INDIFFERENCY
Etymology
Noun
indifferency (usually uncountable, plural indifferencies)
(obsolete) Impartiality, fairness, disinterestedness.
(obsolete) A lack of strong feeling; indifference.
Source: Wiktionary
In*dif"fer*en*cy, n.
Definition: Absence of interest in, or influence from, anything; unconcernedness; equilibrium; indifferentism; indifference. Gladstone. To give ourselves to a detestable indifferency or neutrality in this cause. Fuller. Moral liberty . . . does not, after all, consist in a power of indifferency, or in a power of choosing without regard to motives. Hazlitt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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