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.
PHILOSOPHE
Etymology
Noun
philosophe (plural philosophes)
Any of the leading philosophers or intellectuals of the 18th-century French Enlightenment.
(pejorative) An incompetent philosopher; a philosophaster.
Source: Wiktionary
Phil"o*sophe, n. Etym: [F., a philosopher.]
Definition: A philosophaster; a philosopher. [R.] Carlyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DETENTION
(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time); “his detention was politically motivated”; “the prisoner is on hold”; “he is in the custody of police”
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