In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
COSTALGIA
pleurodynia, pleuralgia, costalgia
(noun) pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
costalgia (uncountable)
pain in the ribs, or the costal muscles
Synonyms
• pleuralgia, pleurodynia
Anagrams
• Calistoga
Source: Wiktionary
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19 April 2025
CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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