In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FLAUNTS
Verb
flaunts
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flaunt
Source: Wiktionary
FLAUNT
Flaunt ( or ; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flaunted; p. pr. & vb. n.. Flaunting.] Etym: [Cf. dial. G. flandern to flutter, wave; perh. akin to E. flatter, flutter.]
Definition: To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously; as, a flaunting show. You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot. Arbuthnot. One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade. Pope.
Flaunt, v. t.
Definition: To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of.
Flaunt, n.
Definition: Anything displayed for show. [Obs.] In these my borrowed flaunts. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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