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.
SCLEROTIZE
Verb
sclerotize (third-person singular simple present sclerotizes, present participle sclerotizing, simple past and past participle sclerotized)
Alternative spelling of sclerotise
Source: Wiktionary
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13 November 2024
OSTENSIBLE
(adjective) appearing as such but not necessarily so; “for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent”; “the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies”; “the ostensible truth of their theories”; “his seeming honesty”
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