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.
VEXATIONS
Noun
vexations
plural of vexation
Source: Wiktionary
VEXATION
Vex*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. vexatio: cf. F. vexation.]
1. The act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation. Passions too violent . . . afford us nothing but vexation and pain. Sir W. Temple. Those who saw him after a defeat looked in vain for any trace of vexation. Macaulay.
2. The cause of trouble or disquiet; affliction. Your children were vexation to your youth. Shak.
3. A harassing by process of law; a vexing or troubling, as by a malicious suit. Bacon.
Syn.
– Chagrin; agitation; mortification; uneasiness; trouble; grief; sorrow; distress. See Chagrin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SCOPOLAMINE
(noun) an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures; “transdermal scopolamine is used to treat motion sickness”; “someone sedated with scopolamine has difficulty lying”
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