In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
fieriest
superlative form of fiery: most fiery
• feistier
Source: Wiktionary
Fi"er*y ( or ), a. Etym: [Formerly written firy, fr. fire.]
1. Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance. And fiery billows roll below. I. Watts.
2. Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous. Hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails Shak. The fiery spirit of his forefathers. W. Irwing.
3. Passionate; easily provoked; irritable. You kniw the fiery quality of the duke. Shak.
4. Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited. One curbed the fiery steed. Dryden.
5. heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish. Pope. The sword which is made fiery. Hooker. Fiery cross, a cross constructed of two firebrands, and pitched upon the point of a spear; formerly in Scotland borne by a runner as a signal for the clan to take up arms. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.