In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GEMINATED
Verb
geminated
simple past tense and past participle of geminate
Adjective
geminated (comparative more geminated, superlative most geminated)
(phonology) Of a consonant, pronounced longer and considered as being doubled; geminate.
Source: Wiktionary
GEMINATE
Gem"i*nate, a. Etym: [L. geminatus, p.p. of genimare to double. See Gemini.] (Bot.)
Definition: In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers. Gray.
Gem"i*nate, v. t.
Definition: To double. [R.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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