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.
LITERARY
literary
(adjective) appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing; “when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style”
literary
(adjective) knowledgeable about literature; “a literary style”
literary
(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of literature; “literary criticism”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
literary (comparative more literary, superlative most literary)
Relating to literature.
Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
Bookish.
Synonyms
• bookly
Anagrams
• trilayer
Source: Wiktionary
Lit"er*a*ry, a. Etym: [L. litterarius, literarius,fr. littera, litera, a letter: cf. F. littéraire. See Letter.]
1. Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation. He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit. Johnson.
2. Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters; as, a literary man. In the literary as well as fashionable world. Mason. Literary property. (a) Property which consists in written or printed compositions. (b) The exclusive right of publication as recognized and limited by law.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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