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.
MORGAY
Etymology
Noun
morgay (plural morgays)
The European small-spotted dogfish or houndfish
Anagrams
• goramy, gyroma
Source: Wiktionary
Mor"gay, n. Etym: [W. morgi dogfish, shark; mor sea + ci dog.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The European small-spotted dogfish, or houndfish. See the Note under Houndfish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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