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.
POCOCURANTISM
Etymology
Noun
pococurantism (countable and uncountable, plural pococurantisms)
Indifference, nonchalance.
Source: Wiktionary
Po`co*cu*ran"tism. n.
Definition: Carelessness; apathy; indifference. [R.] Carlyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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