In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
anchoritic, eremitic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical
(adjective) characterized by ascetic solitude; “the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony”; “his hermitic existence”
eremitic, eremitical
(adjective) of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living; “eremitic austerities”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
eremitical (comparative more eremitical, superlative most eremitical)
Alternative form of eremitic
Source: Wiktionary
Er`e*mit"ic, Er`e*mit"ic*al, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to an eremite; hermitical; living in solitude. "An eremitical life in the woods." Fuller. "The eremitic instinct." Lowell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 November 2024
(noun) the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs; “he gave the suspect a quick frisk”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.