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.
LEPTOTENE
leptotene
(noun) the first stage of the prophase of meiosis
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
leptotene (plural leptotenes)
(biology) The first part of the prophase of meiosis, characterized by threadlike chromosomes
Synonyms
• leptonema
Source: Wiktionary
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SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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