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.
TENABLE
tenable, well-founded
(adjective) based on sound reasoning or evidence; “well-founded suspicions”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
tenable (comparative more tenable, superlative most tenable)
(of a theory, argument, etc.) capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded
(military) Capable of being defended against assault or attack; defensible
Fit for habitation, similar, or related use.
Antonyms
• untenable
• intenable
Anagrams
• Beltane
Source: Wiktionary
Ten"a*ble, a. Etym: [F. tenable, fr. tenir to hold, L. tenere. See Thin, and cf. Continue, Continent, Entertain, Maintain, Tenant, Tent.]
Definition: Capable of being held, naintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or againts attempts to take or process; as, a tenable fortress, a tenable argument. If you have hitherto concealed his sight, Let it be tenable in your silence still. Shak. I would be the last man in the world to give up his cause when it was tenable. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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