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.
INTERMINABLE
endless, eternal, interminable
(adjective) tiresomely long; seemingly without end; “endless debates”; “an endless conversation”; “the wait seemed eternal”; “eternal quarreling”; “an interminable sermon”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
interminable (comparative more interminable, superlative most interminable)
Existing or occurring without interruption or end; ceaseless, unending.
Noun
interminable (plural interminables)
(math, dated) A repeating decimal.
Source: Wiktionary
In*ter"mi*na*ble, a. Etym: [L. interminabilis: cf. F. interminable. See Terminate.]
Definition: Without termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings. That wild interminable waste of waves. Grainger.
Syn.
– Boundless; endless; limitless; illimitable; immeasurable; infinite; unbounded; unlimited.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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