In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OPHITE
Etymology 1
Noun
ophite (countable and uncountable, plural ophites)
(geology) Any of various rocks having snake-like markings, such as a mottled greenish porphyry. [from 16th c.]
Etymology 2
Adjective
ophite (comparative more ophite, superlative most ophite)
(rare) Serpent-like; ophidian. [from 19th c.]
Anagrams
• Ethiop, Peitho, hot pie, hotpie, phoeti, phœti
Etymology
Noun
Ophite (plural Ophites)
(historical) A member of a Gnostic snake-worshipping sect of the second century.
Synonyms
• Serpentinian
Anagrams
• Ethiop, Peitho, hot pie, hotpie, phoeti, phœti
Source: Wiktionary
O"phite, a. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: Of or pertaining to a serpent. [Obs.]
O"phite, n. Etym: [L. ophites, Gr. ophite.] (Min.)
Definition: A greenish spotted porphyry, being a diabase whose pyroxene has been altered to uralite; -- first found in the Pyreness. So called from the colored spots which give it a mottled appearance.
– O*phi"ic, a.
O"phite, n. Etym: [L. Ophitae, pl. See Ophite, a.] (Eccl.Hist.)
Definition: A mamber of a Gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second century.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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