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.
PRUINOSE
Etymology
Adjective
pruinose (comparative more pruinose, superlative most pruinose)
(botany) Having a very fine whitish powder (bloom) on a surface.
Antonyms
• epruinose
Anagrams
• superion, unispore
Source: Wiktionary
Pru"i*nose`, a. Etym: [L. pruinosus, fr. pruina hoarfrost.]
Definition: Frosty; covered with fine scales, hairs, dust, bloom, or the like, so as to give the appearance of frost.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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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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