In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SCARIOUS
Etymology
Adjective
scarious (comparative more scarious, superlative most scarious)
(botany) thin, dry, membranous, and not green
thin, dry, membranous
(zoology) scaly, scurfy
Synonyms
• (scaly): squamous; see also scaly
• (scurfy): scruffy; see also scabby
Source: Wiktionary
Sca"ri*ose, Sca"ri*ous, a. Etym: [F. scarieux, NL. scariosus. Cf. Scary.] (Bot.)
Definition: Thin, dry, membranous, and not green. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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