In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MELENA
melena, melaena
(noun) abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
melena (uncountable)
the passage of dark, tarry stools containing blood, a result of upper gastrointestinal bleeding
Anagrams
• Leeman, Manele, enamel, manele
Proper noun
Melena (plural Melenas)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Melena is the 22026th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1177 individuals. Melena is most common among Hispanic/Latino (84.96%) and White (12.91%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Leeman, Manele, enamel, manele
Source: Wiktionary
Me*le"na, n. (Med.)
Definition: See Mel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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