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.
Tris*ti"ti*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. tristitia sadness, fr. tristis sad.]
Definition: To make sad. [Obs.] Feltham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 October 2024
(noun) poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; “Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock”
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.