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.
PYXIE
pyxie, pixie, pixy, Pyxidanthera barbulata
(noun) creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
pyxie (plural pyxies)
Archaic form of pixie (āmagical creatureā).
Anagrams
• pixey
Source: Wiktionary
Pyx"ie, n. (Bot.)
Definition: Same as Pixy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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