In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CICERO
Cicero, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Tully
(noun) a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC)
cicero
(noun) a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Cicero
The Roman statesman and orator Mārcus Tullius Cicerō (106–43 BC).
Etymology
Noun
cicero (plural ciceros)
(typography, Continental printing) The Continental equivalent of the English pica: a measure of 12 Didot points (4.51368 mm or about 0.178 in.) or a body of type in this size.
Source: Wiktionary
Cic"e*ro, n. (Print.)
Definition: Pica type; -- so called by French printers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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