In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FASTIGIATED
Adjective
fastigiated (comparative more fastigiated, superlative most fastigiated)
Alternative form of fastigiate
Source: Wiktionary
Fas*tig"i*ate, Fas*tig"i*a`ted, a. Etym: [L. fastigium gable end, top, height, summit.]
1. Narrowing towards the top.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Clustered, parallel, and upright, as the branches of the Lombardy poplar; pointed.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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