In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MACULATED
Verb
maculated
simple past tense and past participle of maculate
Adjective
maculated (comparative more maculated, superlative most maculated)
Having spots or blotches; maculate.
Source: Wiktionary
Mac"u*la`ted, a.
Definition: Having spots or blotches; maculate.
MACULATE
Mac"u*late, v. t. Etym: [L. maculatus, p. p. of maculare to spot. See Macula, and cf. Macule, v.]
Definition: To spot; to stain; to blur. Maculate the honor of their people. Sir T. Elyot.
Mac"u*late, a. Etym: [L. maculatus, p. p.]
Definition: Marked with spots or maculæ; blotched; hence, defiled; impure; as, most maculate thoughts. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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