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.
PSYCH
Etymology
Noun
psych (countable and uncountable, plural psyches)
Psychology or psychiatry.
A psychologist; a psychiatrist.
Adjective
psych (comparative more psych, superlative most psych)
(informal) Psychedelic.
(informal) Psychiatric.
Verb
psych (third-person singular simple present psychs, present participle psyching, simple past and past participle psyched)
(transitive, reflexive) To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind (also psych up).
(transitive) To intimidate (someone) emotionally or using psychology (also psych out).
(transitive, informal) To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.
Interjection
psych
(slang) Indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled one's interlocutor. Also sike.
(dated, slang) An interjection of surprised happiness.
Source: Wiktionary
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(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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