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.
THUGGISH
Etymology
Adjective
thuggish (comparative more thuggish, superlative most thuggish)
(derogatory) Characterized by thuggery; behaving in a violent or intimidating way; appearing to be violent or intimidating.
(obsolete) Resembling or characteristic of the assassins known as thugs or Thuggees (often capitalized in this sense).
Source: Wiktionary
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RAREFACTION
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
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