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.
UNFLESH
Etymology
Verb
unflesh (third-person singular simple present unfleshes, present participle unfleshing, simple past and past participle unfleshed)
(transitive) To strip of flesh; to reduce to a skeleton.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*flesh", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + flesh.]
Definition: To deprive of flesh; to reduce a skeleton. "Unfleshed humanity." Wordsworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EXTINGUISHABLE
(adjective) capable of being extinguished or killed; “an extinguishable fire”; “hope too is extinguishable”
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