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.
OVIPAROUSLY
Etymology
Adverb
oviparously (not comparable)
In an oviparous manner
Source: Wiktionary
OVIPAROUS
O*vip"a*rous, a. Etym: [L. oviparus; ovum egg + parere to bring forth: cf. F. ovipare.] (Physiol.)
Definition: Producing young from rggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched after exclusion; -- opposed to viviparous.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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