In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DOWNIEST
DOWNY
downy, pubescent, puberulent, sericeous
(adjective) covered with fine soft hairs or down; “downy milkweed seeds”
downy, downlike, flossy, fluffy
(adjective) like down or as soft as down
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
downiest
superlative form of downy: most downy
Anagrams
• Wodenist, tiedowns, ties down
Source: Wiktionary
DOWNY
Down"y, a.
1. Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs. "A downy feather." Shak. Plants that . . . have downy or velvet rind upon their leaves. Bacon.
2. Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft; placid; soothing; quiet. "A downy shower." Keble. "Downy pillow." Pope. Time steals on with downy feet. Young.
3. Cunning; wary. [Slang, Eng.] Latham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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