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.
LOVELIES
Noun
lovelies
plural of lovely
Source: Wiktionary
LOVELY
Love"ly, a. [Compar. Lovelier; superl. Loveliest.] Etym: [AS. luflic.]
1. Having such an appearance as excites, or is fitted to excite, love; beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner. "Lovely to look on." Piers Plowman. Not one so fair of face, of speech so lovely. Robert of Brunne. If I had such a tire, this face of mine Were full as lovely as is this of hers. Shak.
2. Lovable; amiable; having qualities of any kind which excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship. A most lovely gentlemanlike man. Shak.
3. Loving; tender. [Obs.] "A lovely kiss." Shak. Many a lovely look on them he cast. Chaucer.
4. Very pleasing; -- applied loosely to almost anything which is not grand or merely pretty; as, a lovely view; a lovely valley; a lovely melody. Indeed these fields Are lovely, lovelier not the Elysian lawns. Tennyson.
Syn.
– Beautiful; charming; delightful; delectable; enchanting; lovable; amiable.
Love"ly, adv.
Definition: In a manner to please, or to excite love. [Obs. or R.] Tyndale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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