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.
MUTINE
Etymology
Noun
mutine (plural mutines)
(obsolete) Mutiny, rebellion. [16th-17th c.]
(obsolete) A mutineer. [16th-17th c.]
Verb
mutine (third-person singular simple present mutines, present participle mutining, simple past and past participle mutined)
(obsolete, intransitive) To rise up in revolt; to mutiny, to rebel. [16th-18th c.]
Anagrams
• minuet, minute, munite, mutein, untime
Source: Wiktionary
Mu"tine, n. Etym: [F. mutin.]
Definition: A mutineer. [Obs.]
Mu"tine, v. i. Etym: [F. mutiner.]
Definition: To mutiny. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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