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.
PLETHORAS
Noun
plethoras
plural of plethora
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• Astrophel, trapholes
Source: Wiktionary
PLETHORA
Pleth"o*ra, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Pleonasm.]
1. Overfullness; especially, excessive fullness of the blood vessels; repletion; that state of the blood vessels or of the system when the blood exceeds a healthy standard in quantity; hyperæmia; -- opposed to anæmia.
2. State of being overfull; excess; superabundance. He labors under a plethora of wit and imagination. Jeffrey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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