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.
SIBILANCY
Noun
sibilancy (usually uncountable, plural sibilancies)
the state or property of being sibilant
Synonyms
• sibilance
Anagrams
• bacilysin
Source: Wiktionary
Sib"i*lance, Sib"i*lan*cy, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being sibilant; sibilation. Milton would not have avoided them for their sibilancy, he who wrote . . . verses that hiss like Medusa's head in wrath. Lowell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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