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.
PRECANCER
Etymology
Adjective
precancer (not comparable)
Before the onset of cancer.
Noun
precancer (plural precancers)
An incipient form of cancer that may become malignant if not treated.
Source: Wiktionary
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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