In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
RECURRENT
perennial, recurrent, repeated
(adjective) recurring again and again; “perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
recurrent (not comparable)
Recurring; happening time after time.
Synonyms: perennial, repetitious, Thesaurus:repetitive
(mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) Non-transient.
Synonym: persistent
Antonym: transient
(anatomy) Running back toward its origin.
Antonym: precurrent
(entomology) Turned back toward the base.
Anagrams
• currenter
Source: Wiktionary
Re*cur"rent (-rent), a. Etym: [L. recurrens, -entis, p. pr. of recurrere: cf.F. récurrent. See Recur.]
1. Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery. Recurrent fever. (Med.) See Relapsing fever, under Relapsing.
– Recurrent pulse (Physiol.), the pulse beat which appears (when the radial artery is compressed at the wrist) on the distal side of the point of pressure through the arteries of the palm of the hand.
– Recurrent sensibility (Physiol.), the sensibility manifested by the anterior, or motor, roots of the spinal cord (their stimulation causing pain) owing to the presence of sensory fibers from the corresponding sensory or posterior roots.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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AUDACIOUS
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