In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ACCURSE
accurse, execrate, anathemize, comminate, anathemise, anathematize, anathematise
(verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
accurse (third-person singular simple present accurses, present participle accursing, simple past accursed, past participle (archaic) accurst or accursed)
To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize.
Anagrams
• accrues, accuser
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*curse", v. t. Etym: [OE. acursien, acorsien; pref. a + cursien to curse. See Curse.]
Definition: To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize. And the city shall be accursed. Josh. vi. 17. Thro' you, my life will be accurst. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
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