In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
eidolon (plural eidola or eidolons)
An image or representation of an idea; a representation of an ideal form; an apparition of some actual or imaginary entity, or of some aspect of reality.
A phantom, a ghost or elusive entity.
Source: Wiktionary
Ei*do"lon, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Idol.]
Definition: An image or representation; a form; a phantom; an apparition. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.