In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OUTFOOL
Etymology
Verb
outfool (third-person singular simple present outfools, present participle outfooling, simple past and past participle outfooled)
(transitive) to be more foolish than.
(transitive) to outwit
Source: Wiktionary
Out*fool", v. t.
Definition: To exceed in folly. [R.] Young.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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