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.
OCTOPOD
octopod
(noun) a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
octopod (plural octopods)
Any animal with eight feet or foot-like parts.
Any cephalopod mollusks of the order Octopoda.
A railway locomotive with eight wheels.
Source: Wiktionary
Oc"to*pod, n. Etym: [Gr. octopode.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the Octocerata.
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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