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.
MOUCHARD
Etymology
Noun
mouchard (plural mouchards)
An undercover investigator; a police spy, especially in a French-speaking country.
(nautical) An inverted compass hanging above the captain's bed
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AROMATIC
(adjective) (chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings; “an aromatic organic compound”
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