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.
LIPOGRAM
lipogram
(noun) a text that excludes a particular letter or particular letters of the alphabet
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lipogram (plural lipograms)
(literature) A word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols.
Source: Wiktionary
Lip"o*gram, n. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: A writing composed of words not having a certain letters; -- as in the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus there was no A in the first book, no B in the second, and so on.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DESIRABLE
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