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.
THEORETICS
Noun
theoretics (uncountable)
(sciences) The theoretical part of a science.
Anagrams
• hectorites, heterotics
Source: Wiktionary
The`o*ret"ics, n.
Definition: The speculative part of a science; speculation. At the very first, with our Lord himself, and his apostles, as represented to us in the New Testament, morals come before contemplation, ethics before theoretics. H. B. Wilson.
THEORETIC
The`o*ret"ic, The`o*ret"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. theoreticus, F. théorétique.]
Definition: Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as, theoretical learning; theoretic sciences.
– The`o*ret"ic*al*ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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