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.
PERDITION
Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pit
(noun) (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; “Hurl’d headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell”- John Milton; “a demon from the depths of the pit”; “Hell is paved with good intentions”-Dr. Johnson
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
perdition (countable and uncountable, plural perditions)
Eternal damnation.
Hell.
Absolute ruin.
Synonyms
• abyss
• Hades
• inferno
• netherworld
• underworld
• hell
Anagrams
• direption, tropidine
Source: Wiktionary
Per*di"tion, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. perditio, fr. perdere, perditum, to ruin, to lose; per (cf. Skr. para away) + -dere (only in comp.) to put; akin to Gr. do. See Do.]
1. Entire loss; utter destruction; ruin; esp., the utter loss of the soul, or of final happiness in a future state; future misery or eternal death. The mere perdition of the Turkish fleet. Shak. If we reject the truth, we seal our own perdition. J. M. Mason.
2. Loss of diminution. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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