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.
MACROTOUS
Etymology
Adjective
macrotous (comparative more macrotous, superlative most macrotous)
Large-eared.
Source: Wiktionary
Ma*cro"tous, a. Etym: [Macro- + Gr. o"y^s, gen. 'wto`s, the ear.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Large-eared.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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