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.
INFORTUNE
Etymology
Noun
infortune (usually uncountable, plural infortunes)
(obsolete) misfortune
Source: Wiktionary
In*for"tune, n. Etym: [L. infortunium. See In- not, and Fortune.]
Definition: Misfortune. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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AGITATION
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
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