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.
octagon
(noun) an eight-sided polygon
Source: WordNet® 3.1
octagon (plural octagons)
(geometry, also, attributively) A polygon with eight sides and eight angles.
(martial arts) Often in the form Octagon: the arena for mixed martial arts.
Source: Wiktionary
Oc"ta*gon, n. Etym: [Gr. cctogone.]
1. (Geom.)
Definition: A plane figure of eight sides and eight angles.
2. Any structure (as a fortification) or place with eight sides or angles. Regular octagon, one in which the sides are all equal, and the angles also are all equal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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.