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.
ROISTERER
roisterer
(noun) an especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
roisterer (plural roisterers)
One who roisters; a reveller
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Roist"er*er, n.
Definition: A blustering, turbulent fellow. If two roisterers met, they cocked their hats in each other faces. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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