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.
polychromatic, polychrome, polychromic
(adjective) having or exhibiting many colors
polychrome
(noun) a piece of work composed of or decorated in many colors
polychrome, polychromize, polychromise
(verb) color with many colors; make polychrome
Source: WordNet® 3.1
polychrome (not comparable)
Using multiple colours
Executed in the manner of polychromy
polychrome (uncountable)
(chemistry) esculin (so called in allusion to its fluorescent solutions)
Source: Wiktionary
Pol"y*chrome, n. Etym: [Poly- + Gr. (Chem.)
Definition: Esculin; -- so called in allusion to its fluorescent solutions. [R.]
Pol"y*chrome, a. Etym: [Cf. F. polychrome.]
Definition: Executed in the manner of polychromy; as, polychrome printing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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.