In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
INIA
Etymology 1
Noun
inia
plural of inion
Etymology 2
Noun
inia (plural inias)
(zoology) A South American freshwater dolphin (Inia boliviensis) with a hairy snout.
Anagrams
• Iain
Source: Wiktionary
In"i*a, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A South American freshwater dolphin (Inia Boliviensis). It is ten or twelve feet long, and has a hairy snout.
INION
In"i*on, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. 'ini`on the back of the head.] (Anat.)
Definition: The external occipital protuberance of the skull.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; “thematic vowels are part of the stem”
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