In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
digitorium (plural digitoriums)
A small keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers, without producing any sound; a dumb piano.
Source: Wiktionary
Dig`i*to"ri*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. digitus a finger.]
Definition: A small dumb keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers; -- called also dumb piano.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.