In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
INOSITE
Etymology
Noun
inosite (countable and uncountable, plural inosites)
Former name of inositol.
Anagrams
• one-itis, oneitis, sinoite
Source: Wiktionary
In"o*site, n. Etym: [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: A white crystalline substance with a sweet taste, found in certain animal tissues and fluids, particularly in the muscles of the heart and lungs, also in some plants, as in unripe pease, beans, potato sprouts, etc. Called also phaseomannite.
Note: Chemically,it has the composition represented by the formula, C6H12O6+H2O, and was formerly regarded as a carbohydrate, isomeric with dextrose, but is now known to be an aromatic compound (a hexacid phenol derivative of benzene).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
24 December 2024
INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
Coffee Trivia
