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.
INDOCIBLE
Etymology
Adjective
indocible (comparative more indocible, superlative most indocible)
Incapable of being taught, or not easily instructed; dull in intellect; intractable.
Source: Wiktionary
In*doc"i*ble, a. Etym: [L. indocibilis. See In- not, and Docible.]
Definition: Incapable of being taught, or not easily instructed; dull in intellect; intractable; unteachable; indocile. Bp. Hall.
– In*doc"i*ble*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole
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