In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DIFFUSIONIST
Etymology
Adjective
diffusionist (comparative more diffusionist, superlative most diffusionist)
Of or pertaining to diffusionism
Noun
diffusionist (plural diffusionists)
A proponent of diffusionism
Source: Wiktionary
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OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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