In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MISPLEAD
Etymology
Verb
misplead (third-person singular simple present mispleads, present participle mispleading, simple past and past participle mispleaded or mispled)
To plead amiss or in a wrong manner; err in pleading.
Anagrams
• impleads, sidelamp
Source: Wiktionary
Mis*plead", v. i.
Definition: To err in pleading.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPERSION
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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