In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ERUCTATE
Etymology
Verb
eructate (third-person singular simple present eructates, present participle eructating, simple past and past participle eructated)
(formal, intransitive) To burp; to belch.
Source: Wiktionary
E*ruct", E*ruc"tate, v. t. Etym: [L. eructare; e out + ructare to belch: cf. F. Ă©ructer.]
Definition: To eject, as wind, from the stomach; to belch. [R.] Howell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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