In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RILE
roil, rile
(verb) make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
(verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; “Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me”; “It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
rile (third-person singular simple present riles, present participle riling, simple past and past participle riled)
to make angry
to stir or move from a state of calm or order
Synonyms
• aggravate
• anger
• annoy
• irritate
• vex
Anagrams
• Iler, Irel., Lier, Reil, Riel, lier, lire, riel
Source: Wiktionary
Rile, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Riled; p. pr. & vb. n. Riling.] Etym: [See Roil.]
1. To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.
2. To stir up in feelings; to make angry; to vex.
Note: In both senses provincial in England and colloquial in the United States.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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