In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CYTOID
Etymology
Adjective
cytoid (comparative more cytoid, superlative most cytoid)
(physiology) cell-like; applied to the corpuscles of lymph, blood, chyle, etc.
Anagrams
• docity, dyotic
Source: Wiktionary
Cy"toid (s"toid), a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.] (Physiol.)
Definition: Cell-like; -- applied to the corpuscles of lymph, blood, chyle, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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