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.
MURGEON
Etymology
Verb
murgeon (third-person singular simple present murgeons, present participle murgeoning, simple past and past participle murgeoned)
(transitive, Scotland) To grimace at, make faces at (a person).
Noun
murgeon (plural murgeons)
(Scotland) A grimace; a wry face.
Source: Wiktionary
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AGITATION
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
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