In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual
(adjective) resembling or characteristic of a phantom; “a ghostly face at the window”; “a phantasmal presence in the room”; “spectral emanations”; “spiritual tappings at a seance”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ghostlike (comparative more ghostlike, superlative most ghostlike)
Seemingly invisible; as a ghost, similar to a ghost.
Source: Wiktionary
Ghost"like`, a.
Definition: Like a ghost; ghastly.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 June 2025
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.