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.
VAGINANT
Etymology
Adjective
vaginant (not comparable)
(botany) Serving as a sheathe.
Source: Wiktionary
Vag"i*nant, a. Etym: [Cf. F. vaginant. See Vagina.]
Definition: Serving to in invest, or sheathe; sheathing. Vaginant leaf (Bot.), a leaf investing the stem or branch by its base, which has the form of a tube.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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