In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GLOMERATE
Etymology
Verb
glomerate (third-person singular simple present glomerates, present participle glomerating, simple past and past participle glomerated)
To gather or wind into a ball; to collect (threads, etc.) into a spherical form or mass.
Adjective
glomerate (not comparable)
Gathered together in a roundish mass or dense cluster; conglomerate.
Anagrams
• algometer, geometral
Source: Wiktionary
Glom"er*ate, a. Etym: [L. glomeratus, p. p. of glomerare to glomerate, from glomus. See 3d Glome.]
Definition: Gathered together in a roundish mass or dense cluster; conglomerate.
Glom"er*ate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Glomerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Glomerating.]
Definition: To gather or wind into a ball; to collect into a spherical form or mass, as threads.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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