In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MERCIFUL
merciful
(adjective) (used conventionally of royalty and high nobility) gracious; “our merciful king”
merciful
(adjective) showing or giving mercy; “sought merciful treatment for the captives”; “a merciful god”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
merciful (comparative more merciful, superlative most merciful)
showing mercy
Synonyms
• ruthful
Antonyms
• merciless
• cruel
Anagrams
• crimeful
Source: Wiktionary
Mer"ci*ful, a. Etym: [Mercy + -ful.]
1. Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish. The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious. Ex. xxxiv. 6. Be merciful, great duke, to men of mold. Shak.
2. Unwilling to give pain; compassionate. A merciful man will be merciful to his beast. Old Proverb.
Syn.
– Compassionate; tender; humane; gracious; kind; mild; clement; benignant.
– Mer"ci*ful*ly, adv.
– Mer"ci*ful*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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