In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ATTUNE
attune
(verb) adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
attune (third-person singular simple present attunes, present participle attuning, simple past and past participle attuned)
(music, transitive) To bring into musical accord.
(music, transitive) To tune (an instrument).
(transitive, figurative) To bring into harmony or accord.
Anagrams
• nutate, tauten
Source: Wiktionary
At*tune", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attuned (; p. pr. & vb. n. Attuning.] Etym: [Pref. ad- + tune.]
1. To tune or put in tune; to make melodious; to adjust, as one sound or musical instrument to another; as, to attune the voice to a harp.
2. To arrange fitly; to make accordant. Wake to energy each social aim, Attuned spontaneous to the will of Jove. Beattie.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
15 April 2025
DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
Coffee Trivia
