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.
VERBARIAN
Etymology
Noun
verbarian (plural verbarians)
(rare) One who coins words.
Adjective
verbarian (not comparable)
(obsolete) Of or relating to words; verbal.
That friend […] added, with a smile, that he had more than once amused himself with the thought of a verbarian Attorney-General, authorized to bring informations ex officio against the writer or editor of any work in extensive circulation, who, after due notice issued, should persevere in misusing a word.
Source: Wiktionary
Ver*ba"ri*an, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to words; verbal. [R.] Coleridge.
Ver*ba"ri*an, n.
Definition: One who coins words. [R.] Southey gives himself free scope as a verbarian. Fitzed. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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