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.
PROLICIDE
Etymology
Noun
prolicide (countable and uncountable, plural prolicides)
(uncountable) The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth.
(countable) One who commits prolicide.
Source: Wiktionary
Prol"i*cide, n. Etym: [L. proles offspring + caedere to kill.]
Definition: The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth. Bouvier.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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