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.
SCREEVE
Etymology 1
Verb
screeve (third-person singular simple present screeves, present participle screeving, simple past and past participle screeved)
To write.
To draw with chalks on a pavement or sidewalk.
(dated) To write begging letters.
Etymology 2
Noun
screeve (plural screeves)
(grammar) In Georgian grammar, a combination of tense, aspect and mood.
Source: Wiktionary
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AMISS
(adverb) in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner; “if you think him guilty you judge amiss”; “he spoke amiss”; “no one took it amiss when she spoke frankly”
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