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.
LEVO
Adjective
levo (not comparable)
(chemistry) Clipping of levorotatory.
Antonym: dextro
Anagrams
• Love, love, velo-, vole, voël
Source: Wiktionary
Le"vo-.
Definition: A prefix from L. laevus, meaning: (a) Pertaining to, or toward, the left; as, levorotatory. (b) (Chem. & Opt.) Turning the plane of polarized light to the left; as, levotartaric acid; levoracemic acid; levogyratory crystals, etc. [Written also lævo-.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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