In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CONSTRINGE
constrict, constringe, narrow
(verb) become tight or as if tight; “Her throat constricted”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
constringe (third-person singular simple present constringes, present participle constringing, simple past and past participle constringed)
(ambitransitive) To constrict; to tighten.
Anagrams
• constering
Source: Wiktionary
Con*stringe", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Constringed; p.pr. & vb.n. Constringing.] Etym: [L. constringere. See onstrain.]
Definition: To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink. [R.] Strong liquors . . . intoxicate, constringe, harden the fibers, and coagulate the fluids. Arbuthnot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
16 January 2025
BOOK
(noun) a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; “they run things by the book around here”
Coffee Trivia
