In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EMBAR
Etymology
Verb
embar (third-person singular simple present embars, present participle embarring, simple past and past participle embarred)
(archaic, transitive) To enclose (as though behind bars); to imprison.
(obsolete, transitive) To prohibit, debar (someone from doing something).
Anagrams
• Amber, Brame, amber, bemar, brame, bream
Source: Wiktionary
Em*bar", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Embanking.] Etym: [Pref. em- + bar: cf. F. embarrer. Cf. Embargo.]
1. To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars. Where fast embarred in mighty brazen wall. Spenser.
2. To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up. He embarred all further trade. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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