In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
PERIPETY
peripeteia, peripetia, peripety
(noun) a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work); “a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
peripety (countable and uncountable, plural peripeties)
Alternative form of peripeteia (“sudden change in circumstances; crisis”)
(psychoanalysis) The third stage of a dream in Jungian theory.
Source: Wiktionary
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ALLERGIC
(adjective) having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); “allergic children”; “hypersensitive to pollen”
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