In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
roams
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of roam
• Amors, Maros, Romas, SARMO, moras, romas
Source: Wiktionary
Roam, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Roaming.] Etym: [OE. romen, ramen; cf. AS. ar to raise, rise, D. ramen to hit, plan, aim, OS. r to strive after, OHG. ramen. But the word was probably influenced by Rome; cf. OF. romier a pilgrim, originally, a pilgrim going to Rome, It. romeo, Sp. romero. Cf. Ramble.]
Definition: To go from place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to wander. He roameth to the carpenter's house. Chaucer. Daphne roaming through a thorny wood. Shak.
Syn.
– To wander; rove; range; stroll; ramble.
Roam, v. t.
Definition: To range or wander over. And now wild beasts came forth the woods to roam. Milton.
Roam, n.
Definition: The act of roaming; a wandering; a ramble; as, he began his roam o'er hill amd dale. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.