In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FULGURATE
Etymology
Verb
fulgurate (third-person singular simple present fulgurates, present participle fulgurating, simple past and past participle fulgurated)
To flash or emit flashes like lightning.
(medicine) To cauterize with electricity; to carry out electrofulguration or to electrocauterize.
Source: Wiktionary
Ful"gu*rate, v. i. Etym: [L. fulguratus, p. p. of fulgurare to flash, fr. fulgur lightning, fr. fulgere to shine. See Fulgent.]
Definition: To flash as lightning. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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