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.
STEEDLIKE
Etymology
Adjective
steedlike (comparative more steedlike, superlative most steedlike)
(rare, poetic) Resembling a steed; horselike.
Source: Wiktionary
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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