In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ECTASES
Noun
ectases
plural of ectasis
Anagrams
• Cateses, ceasest
Source: Wiktionary
ECTASIS
Ec"ta*sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Pros.)
Definition: The lengthening of a syllable from short to long.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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