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.
OBLIQUATION
Etymology
Noun
obliquation
The act of becoming oblique; a turning to one side; obliquity.
Deviation from moral rectitude.
Source: Wiktionary
Ob`li*qua"tion, n. Etym: [L. obliquatio, fr. obliquare to turn obliquely. See Oblique.]
1. The act of becoming oblique; a turning to one side; obliquity; as, the obliquation of the eyes. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
2. Deviation from moral rectitude. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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