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.
VULPINISM
Etymology
Noun
vulpinism (uncountable)
The quality of being cunning like the fox; artfulness.
Source: Wiktionary
Vul"pin*ism, n.
Definition: The quality of being cunning like the fox; craft; artfulness. [R.] He was without guile, and had no vulpinism at all. Carlyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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