In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BOORISH
boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish
(adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; “was boorish and insensitive”; “the loutish manners of a bully”; “her stupid oafish husband”; “aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
boorish (comparative more boorish, superlative most boorish)
Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.
Synonyms: rude, uncultured
Source: Wiktionary
Boor"ish, a.
Definition: Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly.
– Boor"ish*ly, adv.
– Boor"ish*ness, n. Which is in truth a gross and boorish opinion. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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