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.
THETAS
Noun
thetas
plural of theta
Anagrams
• hatest, stathe
Source: Wiktionary
THETA
The"ta, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. qh a, the Greek letter th,
Definition: A letter of the Greek alphabet corresponding to th in English;
– sometimes called the unlucky letter, from being used by the judges on their ballots in passing condemnation on a prisoner, it being the first letter of the Greek qa`natos, death. Theta function (Math.), one of a group of functions used in developing the properties of elliptic functions.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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