In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
NOXIOUSLY
detrimentally, harmfully, noxiously
(adverb) in a detrimental manner
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
noxiously (comparative more noxiously, superlative most noxiously)
In a noxious manner.
Source: Wiktionary
NOXIOUS
Nox"ious, a. Etym: [L. noxius, fr. noxa harm; akin to nocere to harm, hurt. Cf. Nuisance, Necromancy.]
1. Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air, food, or climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as, noxious practices or examples. Too frequent an appearance in places of public resort is noxious to spiritual promotions. Swift.
2. Guilty; criminal. [R.] Those who are noxious in the eye of the law. Abp. Bramhall.
Syn.
– Noisome; hurtful; harmful; injurious; destructive; pernicious; mischievous; corrupting; baneful; unwholesome; insalubrious. See Noisome.
– Nox"ious*ly, adv.
– Nox"ious*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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