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.
POUTED
Verb
pouted
simple past tense and past participle of pout
Source: Wiktionary
POUT
Pout, n. Etym: [F. poulet. See Poult.]
Definition: The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl. Carew.
Pout, v. i.
Definition: To shoot pouts. [Scot.]
Pout, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Pouting.] Etym: [OE. pouten, of uncertain origin; cf. Prov. pot lip, Prov. F. potte, faire la potte to pout, W. pwdu to pout, be sullen, poten, potten, a paunch, belly.]
1. To thrust out the lips, as in sullenness or displeasure; hence, to look sullen. Thou poutest upon thy fortune and thy love. Shak.
Pout, n.
Definition: A sullen protrusion of the lips; a fit of sullenness. "Jack's in the pouts." J. & H. Smith.
Pout, n. Etym: [Cf. Eelpout.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The European whiting pout or bib. Eel pout. (Zoöl.) See Eelpout.
– Horn pout, or Horned pout. (Zoöl.) See Bullhead (b).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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