In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
APTOTE
Etymology
Noun
aptote (plural aptotes)
(grammar) A noun (sensu lato) which has no distinction of cases; an indeclinable noun.
Anagrams
• Poteat, optate, teapot
Source: Wiktionary
Ap"tote, n. Etym: [L. aptotum, Gr. (Gram.)
Definition: A noun which has no distinction of cases; an indeclinable noun.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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