In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
laccolite (plural laccolites)
Alternative form of laccolith
Source: Wiktionary
Lac"co*lite, Lac"co*lith, n. Etym: [Gr. -lite, -lith.] (Geol.)
Definition: A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata.
– Lac`co*lit"ic, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 May 2024
(verb) pretend to be someone or something that you are not; “he is masquerading as an expert on the internet”; “This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.