In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HOMUNCULI
HOMUNCULUS
homunculus
(noun) a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell
manikin, mannikin, homunculus
(noun) a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
homunculi
plural of homunculus
Source: Wiktionary
HOMUNCULUS
Ho*mun"cu*lus, n.; pl. Homunculi. Etym: [L., dim. of homo man.]
Definition: A little man; a dwarf; a manikin. Sterne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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