In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DOGMATIST
dogmatist, doctrinaire
(noun) a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
dogmatist (plural dogmatists)
A stubborn, assertive, opinionated person.
One who derives philosophical or religious principles from a priori assertion or revelation rather than evidence or experience.
Synonyms
• dogmatician
Source: Wiktionary
Dog"ma*tist, n. Etym: [L. dogmatistes, Gr.
Definition: One who dogmatizes; one who speaks dogmatically; a bold and arrogant advancer of principles. I expect but little success of all this upon the dogmatist; his opinioned assurance is paramount to argument. Glanvill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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