In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LITHER
Etymology 1
Adjective
lither
comparative form of lithe
Etymology 2
Adjective
lither (comparative more lither, superlative most lither)
Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful; lazy.
Anagrams
• Hirtle, Hitler
Source: Wiktionary
Li"ther, a. Etym: [AS.
Definition: Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful. [Obs.] Chaucer. Not lither in business, fervent in spirit. Bp. Woolton.
Note: Professor Skeat thinks " the lither sky" as found in Shakespeare's Henry VI. ((Part I. IY. YII., 21) means the stagnant or pestilential sky.
– Li"ther*ly, adv. [Obs.].
– Li"ther*ness, n. [Obs.]
LITHE
Lithe, v. i. & i. Etym: [Icel Listen.]
Definition: To listen or listen to; to hearken to. [Obs.] P. Plowman.
Lithe, a. Etym: [AS. lind, gelind, OHG. lindi, Icel. linr, L. lenis soft, mild, lentus flexible, and AS. linnan to yield. Cf. Lenient.]
1. Mild; calm; as, lithe weather. [Obs.]
2. Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis. Milton.
Lithe, v. t. Etym: [AS. Lithe, a.]
Definition: To smooth; to soften; to palliate. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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