In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
epileptically (comparative more epileptically, superlative most epileptically)
In an epileptic manner; with, or as if with, epilepsy.
Source: Wiktionary
Ep`i*lep"tic, a. Etym: [L. epilepticus, Gr. Ă©pileptique.]
Definition: Pertaining to, affected with, or of the nature of, epilepsy.
Ep`i*lep"tic, n.
1. One affected with epilepsy.
2. A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.
Ep`i*lep"tic*al, a.
Definition: Epileptic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 February 2025
(verb) reach the summit (of a mountain); “They breasted the mountain”; “Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.