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.
STOMATOGASTRIC
Etymology
Adjective
stomatogastric (not comparable)
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the mouth and the stomach
Source: Wiktionary
Stom`a*to*gas"tric, a. Etym: [Gr. gastric.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to the mouth and the stomach; as, the stomatogastric ganglion of certain Mollusca.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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