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.
OSTRACIZED
Verb
ostracized
simple past tense and past participle of ostracize
Adjective
ostracized (comparative more ostracized, superlative most ostracized)
Blackballed.
Banished by ostracism.
Anagrams
• Socratized, socratized
Source: Wiktionary
OSTRACIZE
Os"tra*cize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ostracized; p. pr. & vb. n. Ostracizing.] Etym: [Gr. Osseous, Oyster.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.)
Definition: To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens. Grote.
2. To banish from society; to put under the ban; to cast out from social, political, or private favor; as, he was ostracized by his former friends. Marvell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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