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.
PRECISER
Adjective
preciser
comparative form of precise
Anagrams
• piercers, reprices
Source: Wiktionary
PRECISE
Pre*cise", a. Etym: [L. praecisus cut off, brief, concise, p. p. of praecidere to cut off in front, to cut off; prae before + caedere to cut: cf. F. précis. Cf. Concise.]
1. Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality. The law in this point is not precise. Bacon. For the hour precise Exacts our parting hence. Milton.
2. Strictly adhering or conforming to rule; very nice or exact; punctilious in conduct or ceremony; formal; ceremonious. Addison. He was ever precise in promise-keeping. Shak.
Syn.
– Accurate; exact; definite; correct; scrupulous; punctilious; particular; nice; formal. See Accurate.
– Pre*cise"ly, adv.
– Pre*cise"ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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