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.
SEDATIONS
Noun
sedations
plural of sedation
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• dissonate
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SEDATION
Se*da"tion, n. Etym: [L. sedatio.]
Definition: The act of calming, or the state of being calm. [R.] Coles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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