In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
REPRIMANDING
Verb
reprimanding
present participle of reprimand
Source: Wiktionary
REPRIMAND
Rep"ri*mand (rp"r-mnd), n. Etym: [F. réprimande, fr. L. reprimendus, reprimenda, that is to be checked or suppressed, fr. reprimere to check, repress; pref. re- re + premere to press. See Press, and cf. Repress.]
Definition: Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public. Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him. Macaulay.
Rep"ri*mand, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reprimanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Reprimanding.] Etym: [Cf. F. réprimander. See Reprimand, n.]
1. To reprove severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally. Germanicus was severely reprimanded by Tiberius for traveling into Egypt without his permission. Arbuthnot.
2. To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded.
Syn.
– To reprove; reprehend; chide; rebuke; censure; blame. See Reprove.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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