In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LOUTED
Verb
louted
simple past tense and past participle of lout
Anagrams
• outled
Source: Wiktionary
LOUT
Lout, v. i. Etym: [OE. louten, luten, AS. l; akin to Icel. l, Dan. lude, OHG. l to lie hid.]
Definition: To bend; to box; to stoop. [Archaic] Chaucer. Longfellow. He fair the knight saluted, louting low. Spenser.
Lout, n. Etym: [Formerly also written lowt.]
Definition: A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin. Sir P. Sidney.
Lout, v. t.
Definition: To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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