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.
VIVID
intense, vivid
(adjective) (of color) having the highest saturation; “vivid green”; “intense blue”
bright, brilliant, vivid
(adjective) having strong or striking color; “bright dress”; “brilliant tapestries”; “a bird with vivid plumage”
vivid
(adjective) having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience; “a vivid recollection”
graphic, lifelike, pictorial, vivid
(adjective) evoking lifelike images within the mind; “pictorial poetry and prose”; “graphic accounts of battle”; “a lifelike portrait”; “a vivid description”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
vivid (comparative vivider, )
(of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful.
(of an image) Bright, intense or colourful.
Full of life, strikingly alive.
Noun
vivid (plural vivids)
(New Zealand) A felt-tipped permanent marker.
Source: Wiktionary
Viv"id, a. Etym: [L. vividus, from vivere to life; akin to vivus living. See Quick, a., and cf. Revive, Viand, Victuals, Vital.]
1. True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense; as, vivid colors. In dazzling streaks the vivid lightnings play. Cowper. Arts which present, with all the vivid charms of painting, the human face and human form divine. Bp. Hobart.
2. Forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; lively; sprightly; as, a vivid imagination. Body is a fit workhouse for sprightly, vivid faculties to exercise . . . themselves in. South.
Syn.
– Clear; lucid; bright; strong; striking; lively; quick; sprightly; active.
– Viv"id*ly, adv.
– Viv"id*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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