In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
AGITATO
Etymology
Noun
agitato (plural agitatos)
(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a restless agitated style.
(music) A passage having this mark.
Adverb
agitato (not comparable)
(music) Played in a restless agitated style.
Adjective
agitato (not comparable)
(music) Describing a passage having this mark.
Source: Wiktionary
A`gi*ta"to, a. Etym: [It., agitated.] (Med.)
Definition: Sung or played in a restless, hurried, and spasmodic manner.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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