In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SCRANNY
Etymology
Adjective
scranny (comparative scrannier, superlative scranniest)
(UK, Scotland, dialect) thin; lean; meagre; scrawny
Source: Wiktionary
Scran"ny, a. Etym: [See Scrannel.]
Definition: Thin; lean; meager; scrawny; scrannel. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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