In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HENDECAGON
Etymology
Noun
hendecagon (plural hendecagons)
(geometry) a polygon with eleven edges and eleven angles.
Synonyms
• 11-gon
• undecagon
Source: Wiktionary
Hen*dec"a*gon, n. Etym: [Gr. hendécagone.] (Geom.)
Definition: A plane figure of eleven sides and eleven angles. [Written also endecagon.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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