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.
PROSY
pedestrian, prosaic, prosy, earthbound
(adjective) lacking wit or imagination; “a pedestrian movie plot”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
prosy (comparative prosier, superlative prosiest)
Unpoetic (of speech or writing); dull and unimaginative.
Behaving in a dull way (of a person); boring, tedious.
Anagrams
• pyros, syrop
Source: Wiktionary
Pros"y, a. [Compar. Prosier; superl. Prosiest.]
1. Of or pertaining to prose; like prose.
2. Dull and tedious in discourse or writing; prosaic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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