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.
PIXILATED
besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet
(adjective) very drunk
arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked
(adjective) naughtily or annoyingly playful; “teasing and worrying with impish laughter”; “a wicked prank”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
pixilated (comparative more pixilated, superlative most pixilated)
behaving in an eccentric manner, as though led by pixies.
whimsical
drunk
Usage notes
• Do not confuse pixilated with pixelated.
Synonyms
• (eccentric): abnormal, eccentric, eccentrical, excentrical, odd
• (whimsical): idiosyncratic, outlandish, peculiar, playful, quirky, unconventional
• (drunk): See drunk
Source: Wiktionary
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