In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
AWFULLEST
Adjective
awfullest
superlative form of awful: most awful
Source: Wiktionary
AWFUL
Aw"ful, a.
1. Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene. "The hour of Nature's awful throes." Hemans.
2. Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive. Heaven's awful Monarch. Milton.
3. Struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken. [Obs.] A weak and awful reverence for antiquity. I. Watts.
4. Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding. [Obs.] Thrust from the company of awful men. Shak.
5. Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster. [Slang]
Syn.
– See Frightful.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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