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.
RABIES
rabies, hydrophobia, lyssa, madness
(noun) an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rabies (uncountable)
(disease) An infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as biting, excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.
Synonyms
• hydrophobia
Anagrams
• Baiers, Serbia, braies, braise, rebias
Source: Wiktionary
Ra"bi*es (ra"bi*ez), n. [L. See Rage, n.]
Definition: Same as Hydrophobia (b); canine madness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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