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.
OSCAN
Oscan
(noun) an extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy
Oscan
(noun) an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Os"can, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to the Osci, a primitive people of Campania, a province of ancient Italy.
– n.
Definition: The language of the Osci.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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