In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LUETIC
Etymology
Adjective
luetic (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to lues (syphilis).
Noun
luetic (plural luetics)
(medicine, psychiatry, dated) A person who has lues (syphilis).
Anagrams
• Lucite, lucite
Source: Wiktionary
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6 May 2025
HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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