In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
coruscations
plural of coruscation
Source: Wiktionary
Cor`us*ca"tion (kr`s-k"shn), n. Etym: [L. coruscatio: cf. F. coruscattion.]
1. A sudden flash or play of light. A very vivid but exceeding short-lived splender, not to call coruscation. Boyle.
2. A flash of intellectual brilliancy. He might have illuminated his times with the incessant cor of his genius. I. Taylor.
Syn.
– Flash; glitter; blaze; gleam; sparkle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 May 2025
(noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.