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.
WEAZEN
Etymology
Noun
weazen (plural weazens)
(figurative) An old person.
Synonyms
• geriatric, oldster, senior citizen; see also old person
Adjective
weazen (comparative more weazen, superlative most weazen)
Thin; sharp; withered; wizened.
It was not merely that they were weazen and shrivelled—though they were certainly that too—but they looked absolutely ferocious with discontent.
Source: Wiktionary
Wea"zen, a. Etym: [See Wizen.]
Definition: Thin; sharp; withered; wizened; as, a weazen face. They were weazen and shriveled. Dickens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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