In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
REVILING
Verb
reviling
present participle of revile
Noun
reviling (plural revilings)
reproach; abuse; vilification
Anagrams
• Vierling, livering, reliving, riveling
Source: Wiktionary
Re*vil"ing, n.
Definition: Reproach; abuse; vilification. Neither be ye afraid of their revilings. Isa. li. 7.
Re*vil"ing, a.
Definition: Uttering reproaches; containing reproaches.
– Re*vil"ing*ly, adv.
REVILE
Re*vile", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Reviled; p. pr. & vb. n. Reviling.] Etym: [Pref. re- + OF. aviler to make vile, depreciate, F. avilir; Ă (L. ad.) + vil vile. See Vile.]
Definition: To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach. "And did not she herself revile me there" Shak. Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again. 1 Pet. ii. 23.
Syn.
– To reproach; vilify; upbraid; calumniate.
Re*vile", n.
Definition: Reproach; reviling. [Obs.] The gracious Judge, without revile, replied. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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