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.
OPHIOLOGY
Etymology
Noun
ophiology (uncountable)
(zoology) The study of snakes, a branch of herpetology.
Hypernyms
• herpetology
Source: Wiktionary
O`phi*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf.F. ophioloqie.]
Definition: That part of natural history which treats of the ophidians, or serpents.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUSPENDED
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