In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
AGITATED
agitated
(adjective) troubled emotionally and usually deeply; “agitated parents”
agitated
(adjective) physically disturbed or set in motion; “the agitated mixture foamed and bubbled”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
agitated
simple past tense and past participle of agitate
Adjective
agitated (comparative more agitated, superlative most agitated)
Angry, annoyed, bothered or worked up.
(of a solution or substance) Violently and chaotically moving around, such as because of being shaken.
Source: Wiktionary
AGITATE
Ag"i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Agitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Agitating.] Etym: [L. agitatus, p. p. of agitare to put in motion, fr. agere to move: cf. F. agiter. See Act, Agent.]
1. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. "Winds . . . agitate the air." Cowper.
2. To move or actuate. [R.] Thomson.
3. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated. The mind of man is agitated by various passions. Johnson.
4. To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated. Boyle.
5. To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.
Syn.
– To move; shake; excite; rouse; disturb; distract; revolve; discuss; debate; canvass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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