In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EGESTED
Verb
egested
simple past tense and past participle of egest
Anagrams
• edge set
Source: Wiktionary
EGEST
E*gest", v. t. Etym: [L. egestus, p. p. of egerere to carry out, to discharge; e out + gerere to carry.] (Physiol.)
Definition: To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete by the lungs, skin, or kidneys.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
27 December 2024
OBLIGATE
(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”
Coffee Trivia