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.
ZOONOMY
Etymology
Noun
zoonomy (uncountable)
(zoology) The laws of animal life, or the science dealing with the phenomena of animal life and their causes and relations.
Source: Wiktionary
Zo*ön"o*my, n. Etym: [Zoö- + Gr. zoonomie.]
Definition: The laws animal life, or the science which treats of the phenomena of animal life, their causes and relations.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEFT
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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