In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
Mi`cro*pan"to*graph, n. Etym: [Micro- + pantograph.]
Definition: A kind of pantograph which produces copies microscopically minute.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 July 2024
(adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; “was boorish and insensitive”; “the loutish manners of a bully”; “her stupid oafish husband”; “aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.