In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
nasute (comparative more nasute, superlative most nasute)
Having a long snout.
(obsolete) Having a sensitive sense of smell.
(obsolete) pedantic; captious
nasute (plural nasutes)
A kind of termite with a nasus.
• Austen, Autens, Natsue, sun tea, uneats, unseat
Source: Wiktionary
Na"sute, a. Etym: [L. nasutus, fr. nasus the nose.]
1. Having a nice sense of smell. [Obs.] Evelyn.
2. Critically nice; captious. [Obs.] auden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.