In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DISGLORIFY
Etymology
Verb
disglorify (third-person singular simple present disglorifies, present participle disglorifying, simple past and past participle disglorified)
(transitive) To deprive of glory; to treat with indignity.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*glo"ri*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disglorified; p. pr. & vb. n. Disglorifying.]
Definition: To deprive of glory; to treat with indignity. [R.] Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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