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.
OPPUGNANT
Etymology
Adjective
oppugnant (comparative more oppugnant, superlative most oppugnant)
opposing, antagonistic, contrary
Noun
oppugnant (plural oppugnants)
(obsolete) One who oppugns; an opponent.
Source: Wiktionary
Op*pug"nant, a. Etym: [L. oppugnans, p. pr. of oppugnare. See Oppugn.]
Definition: Tending to awaken hostility; hostile; opposing; warring. "Oppugnant forces." I. Taylor.
– n.
Definition: An opponent. [R.] Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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