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.
RECRUDESCENCIES
Noun
recrudescencies
plural of recrudescency
Source: Wiktionary
RECRUDESCENCY
Re`cru*des"cence (r`kr*ds"sens), Re`cru*des`cen*cy (-ds"sen*s), n. Etym: [Cf. F. recrudescence.]
1. The state or condition of being recrudescent. A recrudescence of barbarism may condemn it [land] to chronic poverty and waste. Duke of Argyll.
2. (Med.)
Definition: Increased severity of a disease after temporary remission. Dunglison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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