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.
THIG
Etymology
Verb
thig (third-person singular simple present thigs, present participle thigging, simple past and past participle thigged)
(obsolete, transitive) To beseech; supplicate; implore.
(obsolete, transitive) To solicit, usually by begging; ask as alms; beg.
(obsolete, intransitive) To make supplication.
(obsolete, intransitive) To profit by or live on the gifts of others.
(obsolete, intransitive) To take alms.
(obsolete, ambitransitive, Scotland) To crave; seek (a favour).
Anagrams
• ghit, gith, ight, tigh
Source: Wiktionary
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RIGHT
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
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