In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
bloodstained, gory
(adjective) covered with blood; “a bloodstained shirt”; “a gory dagger”
gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly
(adjective) accompanied by bloodshed; “this bitter and sanguinary war”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
goriest
superlative form of gory: most gory
• egriots, goiters, goitres
Source: Wiktionary
Gor"y, a. Etym: [From Gore.]
1. Covered with gore or clotted blood. Thou canst not say I did it; never shake Thy gory locks at me. Shak.
2. Bloody; murderous. "Gory emulation." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 January 2025
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.