In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
fiaschi
(often, pedantic) plural of fiasco
Source: Wiktionary
Fi*as"co, n.; pl. Fiascoes. Etym: [It.]
Definition: A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.