In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
INVEIGHS
Verb
inveighs
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inveigh
Source: Wiktionary
INVEIGH
In*veigh", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inveighed; p. pr. & vb. n. Inveighing.] Etym: [L. invehere, invectum, to carry or bring into or against, to attack with words, to inveigh; pref. in- in + vehere to carry. See Vehicle, and cf. Invective.]
Definition: To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use invectives; -- with against; as, to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse. All men inveighed against him; all men, except court vassals, opposed him. Milton. The artificial life against which we inveighed. Hawthorne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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