In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
abyss, abysm
(noun) a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
abysm (plural abysms)
(archaic, poetic) Hell; the infernal pit; the great deep; the primal chaos. [from between 1150 and 1350]
(now chiefly, literary) An abyss; a gulf, a chasm, a very deep hole. [from late 15th century]
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Source: Wiktionary
A*bysm", n. Etym: [OF. abisme; F. abime, LL. abyssimus, a superl. of L. abyssus; Gr. Abyss.]
Definition: An abyss; a gulf. "The abysm of hell." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 March 2025
(noun) chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs)
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.