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.
MEASES
Proper noun
Meases
plural of Mease
Anagrams
• Emessa, Maeses, ameses, sesame
Noun
meases
plural of mease
Anagrams
• Emessa, Maeses, ameses, sesame
Source: Wiktionary
MEASE
Mease, n. Etym: [Cf. G. mass measure.]
Definition: Five hundred; as, a mease of herrings. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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