In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OUTBRAZEN
Etymology
Verb
outbrazen (third-person singular simple present outbrazens, present participle outbrazening, simple past and past participle outbrazened)
(transitive) To bear down with a brazen face.
(transitive) To surpass in impudence.
Anagrams
• brazen out
Source: Wiktionary
Out*bra"zen, v. t.
Definition: To bear down with a brazen face; to surpass in impudence. T. Brown.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNINFORMATIVELY
(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”
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