In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MUCORS
MUCOR
Mu"cor, n. Etym: [L., fr. mucere to be moldy or musty.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of minute fungi. The plants consist of slender threads with terminal globular sporangia; mold.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(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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