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.
SAGENITIC
Etymology
Adjective
sagenitic (comparative more sagenitic, superlative most sagenitic)
(mineralogy) Resembling sagenite; applied to quartz when containing acicular crystals of other minerals, most commonly rutile.
Anagrams
• ice giants
Source: Wiktionary
Sag`e*nit"ic, a. (Min.)
Definition: Resembling sagenite; -- applied to quartz when containing acicular crystals of other minerals, most commonly rutile, also tourmaline, actinolite, and the like.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
25 December 2024
UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
Coffee Trivia
