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.
INEVITABLES
Noun
inevitables
plural of inevitable
Source: Wiktionary
INEVITABLE
In*ev"i*ta*ble, a. Etym: [L. inevitabilis: cf. F. inévitable. See In- not, and Evitable.]
1. Not evitable; incapable of being shunned; unavoidable; certain. "The inevitable hour." Gray. It was inevitable; it was necessary; it was planted in the nature of things. Burke.
2. Irresistible. "Inevitable charms." Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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