In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
diestrous, dioestrous, diestrual, dioestrual
(adjective) (of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
diestrous (not comparable)
(biology) Of or relating to the diestrus, a period of sexual quiescence between two estrus periods.
(biology) Having two periods of estrus in a year.
• Tudorises, dioestrus, diĹ“strus, outsiders, tudorises
Source: Wiktionary
27 November 2024
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.