In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GROUCHY
crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered
(adjective) annoyed and irritable
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
grouchy (comparative grouchier, superlative grouchiest)
(originally, student slang) Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain. [From 1895]
Synonyms
• cranky, grumpy, tetchy; See also irritable
Source: Wiktionary
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