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.
TENTIGINOUS
Etymology
Adjective
tentiginous (comparative more tentiginous, superlative most tentiginous)
(obsolete) stiff; stretched; strained
(obsolete) lustful
Anagrams
• Teutonising
Source: Wiktionary
Ten*tig"i*nous, a. Etym: [L. tentigo, -inis, a tension, lecherousness, fr. tendere, tentum, to stretch.]
1. Stiff; stretched; strained. [Obs.] Johnson.
2. Lustful, or pertaining to lust. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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