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.
REFRANGIBLE
Etymology
Adjective
refrangible (comparative more refrangible, superlative most refrangible)
(dated) That may be refracted.
Synonym: refractable
Source: Wiktionary
Re*fran"gi*ble (-frn"j*b'l), a. Etym: [Cf. F. réfrangible. See Refract.]
Definition: Capable of being refracted, or turned out of a direct course, in passing from one medium to another, as rays of light.
– Re*fran"gi*ble*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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