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.
SYRPHID
Etymology
Adjective
syrphid (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to flies of the family Syrphidae.
Synonyms
• (of or pertaining to hoverflies): syrphian
Noun
syrphid (plural syrphids)
Any species of the hoverfly family Syrphidae.
Synonyms
• (hoverfly): syrphian
Hyponyms
• (hoverfly): syrphus (genus Syrphus)
Source: Wiktionary
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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