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.
SOUPER
Etymology
Noun
souper (plural soupers)
(Ireland, historical) Someone who, during the Irish famine, supplied food such as soup to Catholics who converted to Protestantism.
(Ireland, historical) A (former) Catholic who converted to Protestantism in order to gain such food.
Anagrams
• Roupes, poseur, rose up, supero-, uprose
Source: Wiktionary
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THEORETICAL
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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