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.
LLANERO
Etymology
Noun
llanero (plural llaneros)
A plainsman; a South American cattle-herder or cowboy, especially in Venezuela and Colombia.
Source: Wiktionary
Lla*ne"ro, n. Etym: [Sp. Amer.]
Definition: One of the inhabitants of the llanos of South America.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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