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.
ORPHIC
mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphic
(adjective) having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; “mysterious symbols”; “the mystical style of Blake”; “occult lore”; “the secret learning of the ancients”
Orphic
(adjective) ascribed to Orpheus or characteristic of ideas in works ascribed to Orpheus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the name of Orpheus, a character in Greek mythology, a great musician who went to Hades to get his wife Eurydice back after she died, but failed in the task.
Adjective
Orphic (comparative more Orphic, superlative most Orphic)
Of or pertaining to Orphism.
Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding.
Source: Wiktionary
Or"phic, a. Etym: [L. Orphicus, Gr.
Definition: Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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