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.
ZOANTHROPIES
ZOANTHROPY
Zo*an"thro*py, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Definition: A kind of monomania in which the patient believes himself transformed into one of the lower animals.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CHATTEL
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
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