In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PETRIFIC
Etymology
Adjective
petrific (comparative more petrific, superlative most petrific)
(now, rare) Petrifying, turning into stone; petrifactive. [from 17th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Pe*trif"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. pétrifique.]
Definition: Petrifying; petrifactive. Death with his mace petrific, cold and dry. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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