In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
affeared
simple past tense and past participle of affear
affeared (comparative more affeared, superlative most affeared)
(archaic) frightened, afraid
Source: Wiktionary
Af*fear", v. t. Etym: [OE. aferen, AS. af. See Afeard.]
Definition: To frighten. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 June 2025
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.