In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ELOCUTION
elocution
(noun) an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
elocution (countable and uncountable, plural elocutions)
The art of public speaking with expert control of gesture and voice, etc.
Anagrams
• coelution
Source: Wiktionary
El`o*cu"tion, n. Etym: [L. elocutio, fr. eloqui, elocutus, to speak out: cf. F. Ă©locution. See Eloquent.]
1. Utterance by speech. [R.] [Fruit] whose taste . . . Gave elocution to the mute, and taught The tongue not made for speech to speak thy praise. Milton.
2. Oratorical or expressive delivery, including the graces of intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or reading in public; as, clear, impressive elocution. "The elocution of a reader." Whately
3. Suitable and impressive writing or style; eloquent diction. [Obs.] To express these thoughts with elocution. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
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