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.
VERBIAGES
Noun
verbiages
plural of verbiage
Source: Wiktionary
VERBIAGE
Ver"bi*age (; 48), n. Etym: [F. verbiage, from OF. verbe a word. See Verb.]
Definition: The use of many words without necessity, or with little sense; a superabundance of words; verbosity; wordiness. Verbiage may indicate observation, but not thinking. W. Irving. This barren verbiage current among men. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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