In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FUSELS
FUSEL
Fu"sel, n., Fu"sel oil. Etym: [G. fusel bad liquor.] (Chem.)
Definition: A hot, acrid, oily liquid, accompanying many alcoholic liquors (as potato whisky, corn whisky, etc.), as an undesirable ingredient, and consisting of several of the higher alcohols and compound ethers, but particularly of amyl alcohol; hence, specifically applied to amyl alcohol.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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