In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EXTERMINATORY
Etymology
Adjective
exterminatory (comparative more exterminatory, superlative most exterminatory)
relating to or marked by extermination
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*ter"mi*na*to*ry, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to extermination; tending to exterminate. "Exterminatory war." Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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