In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
REPANDLY
Etymology
Adverb
repandly (comparative more repandly, superlative most repandly)
In a repand manner.
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• panderly
Source: Wiktionary
REPAND
Re*pand" (r*pnd), a. Etym: [L. repandus bent backward, turned up; pref. re- re- + pandus bent, crooked.] (Bot. & Zool.)
Definition: Having a slightly undulating margin; -- said of leaves.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”
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