In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OPACOUS
Etymology
Adjective
opacous (not comparable)
(obsolete, chiefly, poetic) Not shining or illuminated; dark. [17th-20th c.]
(obsolete) Not allowing the passage of light; opaque. [17th-19th c.]
The upper wings are opacous; at their hinder ends, where they lap over, transparent, like the wing of a fly.
Source: Wiktionary
O*pa"cous, a. Etym: [L. opacus. See Opaque.]
Definition: Opaque. [R.] Milton.
– O*pa"cous*ness, n. [R.]
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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