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.
LIPPITUDE
Etymology
Noun
lippitude (countable and uncountable, plural lippitudes)
soreness of the eyes; blearedness
Source: Wiktionary
Lip"pi*tude, n. Etym: [L. lippitudo, fr. lippus blear-eyed: cf. F. lippitude.]
Definition: Soreness of eyes; the state of being blear-eyes; blearedness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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