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.
WIDENER
Etymology
Noun
widener (plural wideners)
Any device used to widen something; especially a drill designed to produce a hole greater than its own diameter.
Anagrams
• Redwine, Weidner, red wine, rewiden, weirden
Proper noun
Widener (plural Wideners)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Widener is the 6250th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5464 individuals. Widener is most common among White (93.47%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Redwine, Weidner, red wine, rewiden, weirden
Source: Wiktionary
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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