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.
STUPEFACTION
stupefaction
(noun) the action of stupefying; making dull or lethargic; “the professor was noted for his stupefaction of the students”
grogginess, stupor, stupefaction, semiconsciousness
(noun) marginal consciousness; “his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows”; “someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor”
stupefaction
(noun) a feeling of stupefied astonishment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stupefaction (countable and uncountable, plural stupefactions)
The state of extreme shock or astonishment.
A state of insensibility; stupor.
Source: Wiktionary
Stu`pe*fac"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. stupéfaction. See Stupefacient.]
Definition: The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied. [Written also stupifaction.] Resistance of the dictates of conscience brings a hardness and stupefaction upon it. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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