In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OUTSTARE
Etymology
Verb
outstare (third-person singular simple present outstares, present participle outstaring, simple past and past participle outstared)
(transitive) To stare at (someone) so hard or long that they look away.
Anagrams
• outrates, sea trout, seatrout, torteaus
Source: Wiktionary
Out*stare", v. t.
Definition: To excel or overcome in staring; to face down. I would outstare the sternest eyes that look. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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