In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
REACTIONARIES
Noun
reactionaries
plural of reactionary
Source: Wiktionary
REACTIONARY
Re*ac"tion*a*ry, a.
Definition: Being, causing, or favoring reaction; as, reactionary movements.
Re*ac"tion*a*ry, n.; pl. Reactionaries (.
Definition: One who favors reaction, or seeks to undo political progress or revolution.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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28 November 2024
SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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