In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DENUDATE
bald, denuded, denudate
(adjective) without the natural or usual covering; “a bald spot on the lawn”; “bare hills”
denude, bare, denudate, strip
(verb) lay bare; “denude a forest”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
denudate (third-person singular simple present denudates, present participle denudating, simple past and past participle denudated)
(obsolete, rare) To denude.
Source: Wiktionary
De*nud"ate, v. t. Etym: [L. denudatus, p. p. of denudare. See Denude.]
Definition: To denude. [Obs. or R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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