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.
UNDERSETTING
Etymology
Noun
undersetting (plural undersettings)
Something set or built under as a support; a pedestal.
Anagrams
• undertesting
Source: Wiktionary
Un"der*set`ting, n.
Definition: Something set or built under as a support; a pedestal. Sir H. Wotton.
UNDERSET
Un`der*set", v. t.
Definition: To prop or support. Bacon.
Un"der*set`, n. (Naut.)
Definition: Undercurrent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HYPOTHETICAL
(noun) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; “consider the following, just as a hypothetical”
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