In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EXTERNE
Etymology
Noun
externe (plural externes)
A person affiliated with an institution who does not reside there, especially a doctor or medical student in attendance upon a hospital, but not residing in it.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex`terne", n. Etym: [F. Cf. Extern.] (med.)
Definition: An officer in attendance upon a hospital, but not residing in it; esp., one who cares for the out-patients.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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