In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
POSTICAL
Etymology
Adjective
postical (not comparable)
(botany) Oriented towards the base.
(botany) Of or pertaining to the surface of a prostrate thallus that is oriented towards the substrate.
Antonyms
• (towards the apex): antical
• (of side away from substrate): antical
Anagrams
• capitols, coalpits, opticals, slipcoat, topicals
Source: Wiktionary
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