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.
POINTILLISM
pointillism
(noun) a genre of painting characterized by the application of paint in dots and small strokes; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th century France
pointillism
(noun) a school of painters who used a technique of painting with tiny dots of pure colors that would blend in the viewer’s eye; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers late in 19th century France
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pointillism (usually uncountable, plural pointillisms)
In art, the use of small areas of color to construct an image.
Hypernyms
• divisionism
Source: Wiktionary
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SENSE
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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