In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
prepossessed
simple past tense and past participle of prepossess
prepossessed (comparative more prepossessed, superlative most prepossessed)
Showing bias or partiality
Source: Wiktionary
Pre`pos*sess", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prepossessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Prepossessing.]
1. To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of. Dryden.
2. To preoccupy, as the mind or heart, so as to preclude other things; hence, to bias or prejudice; to give a previous inclination to, for or against anything; esp., to induce a favorable opinion beforehand, or at the outset. It created him enemies, and prepossessed the lord general. Evelyn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 May 2025
(noun) a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.