In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ANTITYPHOID
Etymology
Adjective
antityphoid (not comparable)
(immunology) Countering typhoid fever.
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ERASE
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
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