In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
culpatory (comparative more culpatory, superlative most culpatory)
Expressing blame; censuring.
Source: Wiktionary
Cul"pa*to*ry (-t-r), a.
Definition: Expressing blame; censuring; reprehensory; inculpating. Adjectives . . . commonly used by Latian authors in a culpatory sense. Walpole.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.