In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
goniatite (plural goniatites)
Any member of the extinct Goniatitida, a taxonomic order of ammonites.
Source: Wiktionary
Go"ni*a*tite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Paleon.)
Definition: One of an extinct genus of fossil cephalopods, allied to the Ammonites. The earliest forms are found in the Devonian formation, the latest, in the Triassic.
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.