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.
MARCESCENT
Etymology
Adjective
marcescent (not comparable)
(botany, of an organ, such as a leaf or blossom; rarely also used figurative) Withered, but still attached.
(mycology) Able to revive when moistened.
Anagrams
• scarcement
Source: Wiktionary
Mar*ces"cent, a. Etym: [L. marcescens, p. pr. of marcescere to wither, decay, fr. marcere to wither, droop: cf. F. marcescent.] (Bot.)
Definition: Withering without
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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