In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MURREY
Etymology
Noun
murrey (countable and uncountable, plural murreys)
The mulberry fruit.
(tincture) A tincture, the colour of mulberries, between gules and purpure.
Adjective
murrey (not comparable)
Of a mulberry colour.
Proper noun
Murrey (plural Murreys)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Murrey is the 22924th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1116 individuals. Murrey is most common among White (73.57%) and Black/African American (19.98%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Mur"rey, n. Etym: [OF. morée a dark red color, mor blackish brown, fr. L. morum mulberry, blackberry, or fr. Maurus a Moor. Cf. Mulberry, Moor, Morelle.]
Definition: A dark red color.
– a.
Definition: Of a dark red color. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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