In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LIGNEOUS
ligneous
(adjective) consisting of or containing lignin or xylem; “ligneous (or woody) tissue”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
ligneous (comparative more ligneous, superlative most ligneous)
Of, or resembling wood; woody.
(botany) Containing lignin or xylem.
Source: Wiktionary
Lig"ne*ous, a. Etym: [L. ligneus, fr. lignum wood. Cf. Lignous.]
Definition: Made of wood; consisting of wood; of the nature of, or resembling, wood; woody. It should be tried with shoots of vines and roots of red roses; for it may be they, being of a moreligneous nature, will incorporate with the tree itself. Bacon. Ligneous marble, wood coated or prepared so as to resemble marble.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
3 April 2025
WHOLE
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
Coffee Trivia
