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.
RUNAGATE
Etymology
Noun
runagate (plural runagates)
A deserter, renegade or apostate.
A fugitive; a runaway.
Source: Wiktionary
Run"a*gate, n. Etym: [F. renégat, Prov. renegat. LL. renegatus; confused with E. run and gate a way. See Renegate.]
Definition: A fugitive; a vagabond; an apostate; a renegade. See Renegade. Bunyan. Wretched runagates from the jail. De Quincey. Who has not been a runagate from duty Hare.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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