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.
RHEUMY
arthritic, creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy
(adjective) of or pertaining to arthritis; “my creaky old joints”; “rheumy with age and grief”
rheumy
(adjective) moist, damp, wet (especially of air); “the raw and theumy damp of night air”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
rheumy (comparative rheumier, )
of, relating to, or producing rheum from the mucous membranes; watery
Source: Wiktionary
Rheum"y, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to rheum; abounding in, or causing, rheum; affected with rheum. His head and rheumy eyes distill in showers. Dryden. And tempt the rheumy and unpurged air To add unto his sickness. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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