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.
QUALIFICATIVE
Noun
qualificative (plural qualificatives)
That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement.
Source: Wiktionary
Qual"i*fi*ca*tive, n.
Definition: That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement. How many qualificatives, correctives, and restrictives he inserteth in this relation. Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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