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.
PRECURSORY
precursory, premonitory
(adjective) warning of future misfortune
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
precursory (not comparable)
Being or relating to a precursor; relating to events that will follow.
Noun
precursory (plural precursories)
(medicine) A precursor; a sign of the onset of something.
Anagrams
• percursory
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*cur"so*ry, a. Etym: [L. praecursorius.]
Definition: Preceding as a precursor or harbinger; indicating something to follow; as, precursory symptoms of a fever.
Pre*cur"so*ry, n.
Definition: An introduction. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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