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.
RUPTION
Rup"tion, n. Etym: [L. ruptio, fr. rumpere, ruptum to break.]
Definition: A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture. "By ruption or apertion." Wiseman.
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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