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.
NIDAMENTAL
Etymology
Adjective
nidamental (not comparable)
(zoology) Used to describe an internal organ, in some elasmobranchs and molluscs, that secretes egg cases or the gelatinous covering of eggmass.
Source: Wiktionary
Nid`a*men"tal, a. Etym: [L. nidamentum materials for a nest, fr. nidus nest. See Nest.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: of, pertaining to, or baring, eggs or egg capsules; as, the nidament capsules of certain gastropods; nidamental glands. See Illust. of Dibranchiata.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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