In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
lordling (plural lordlings)
An unimportant or petty lord.
A young lord.
• drolling
Source: Wiktionary
Lord"ling, n. Etym: [Lord + -ling.]
Definition: A little or insignificant lord. Goldsmith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.