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.
PARIETINE
Pa*ri"e*tine, n. Etym: [L. parietinus parietal: cf. parietinae ruined walls.]
Definition: A piece of a fallen wall; a ruin. [Obs.] Burton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COMMISERATIVE
(adjective) feeling or expressing sympathy; “made commiserative clicking sounds with his tongue”- Kenneth Roberts
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