In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
SCELERATE
Etymology
Adjective
scelerate (comparative more scelerate, superlative most scelerate)
(obsolete) Wicked; villainous.
Noun
scelerate (plural scelerates)
(obsolete) Alternative form of scelerat (“a villain or criminal”)
Anagrams
• escartele, scale tree
Source: Wiktionary
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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