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.
KLUTZ
klutz
(noun) (Yiddish) a clumsy dolt
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
klutz (plural klutzes)
(US, pejorative) A clumsy or stupid person.
• "Mel, back home we'd call you a klutz."
Melissa: "Use a lot of Yiddish back in Texas, do you?"
• "Out of [one abortion doctor's] first six months of work, there are nine malpractice suits ... After it was apparent the guy was a klutz, they kept using him, and trying to cover for him, because they couldn't find another provider."
Proper noun
Klutz
A surname.
Source: Wiktionary
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(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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