In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
OPTATIVES
Noun
optatives
plural of optative
Source: Wiktionary
OPTATIVE
Op"ta*tive, a. Etym: [L. optativus: cf. F. optatif.]
Definition: Expressing desire or wish. Fuller. Optative mood (Gram.), that mood or form of a verb, as in Greek, Sanskrit, etc., in which a wish or desire is expressed.
Op"ta*tive, n. Etym: [Cf. F. optatif.]
1. Something to be desired. [R.] Bacon.
2. (Gram.)
Definition: The optative mood; also, a verb in the optative mood.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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