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.
OUTGUSH
Etymology
Verb
outgush (third-person singular simple present outgushes, present participle outgushing, simple past and past participle outgushed)
(intransitive) To gush or flow outward.
Noun
outgush (plural outgushes)
A pouring out; an outburst.
A passionate outgush of emotion.
Source: Wiktionary
Out"gush`, n.
Definition: A pouring out; an outburst. A passionate outgush of emotion. Thackeray.
Out*gush", v. i.
Definition: To gush out; to flow forth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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