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.
SYBARITICAL
Adjective
sybaritical (comparative more sybaritical, superlative most sybaritical)
sybaritic
"A fair, fat, spruce monk;" as he saith: methinks, he should rather have hoped to match him in their Sybaritical Cloisters, where they abound with meat, and drink, and ease, than in our laborious Clergy.
Source: Wiktionary
Syb`a*rit"ic, Syb`a*rit"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. Sybariticus, Gr.
Definition: Of or pertaining to the Sybarites; resembling the Sybarites; luxurious; wanton; effeminate. "Sybaritic dinners." Bp. Warburton. "Sybaritical cloistres." Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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