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.
RECRUDESCENCY
Noun
recrudescency (countable and uncountable, plural recrudescencies)
Dated form of recrudescence.
Source: Wiktionary
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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