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.
VOCULE
Etymology
Noun
vocule (plural vocules)
(phonetics) A short or weak utterance; a faint or feeble sound, as when separating the lips in pronouncing p or b.
Source: Wiktionary
Voc"ule, n. Etym: [L. vocula, dim. of vox, vocis, voice.] (Phon.)
Definition: A short or weak utterance; a faint or feeble sound, as that heard on separating the lips in pronouncing p or b. Rush.
– Voc"u*lar, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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