In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
Em*pearl", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- + pearl. Cf. Impearl.]
Definition: To form like pearls; to decorate with, or as with, pearls; to impearl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.