In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PESTILENT
pestilent, pestilential, pestiferous, plaguey
(adjective) likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; “a pestilential malignancy in the air”- Jonathan Swift; “plaguey fevers”
baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent
(adjective) exceedingly harmful
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
pestilent (comparative more pestilent, superlative most pestilent)
Highly injurious or destructive to life: deadly.
(informal) Annoying.
(archaic) Harmful to morals or public order.
Synonyms
• (harboring disease, annoying): pestiferous
Source: Wiktionary
Pes"ti*lent, a. Etym: [L. pestilens, -entis, fr. pestis pest: cf. F. pestilent.]
Definition: Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous. "Corrupt and pestilent." Milton. "What a pestilent knave is this same!" Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CUNT
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
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