In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SEMBLANT
Etymology
Noun
semblant (plural semblants)
(obsolete) One's outward appearance.
Adjective
semblant (comparative more semblant, superlative most semblant)
(obsolete) Like; resembling.
(obsolete) Seeming, rather than real; apparent.
Source: Wiktionary
Sem"blant, a. Etym: [F. semblant, p. pr.]
1. Like; resembling. [Obs.] Prior.
2. Seeming, rather than real; apparent. [R.] Carlyle.
Sem"blant, n. Etym: [F.]
1. Show; appearance; figure; semblance. [Obs.] Spenser. His flatterers made semblant of weeping. Chaucer.
2. The face. [Obs.] Wyclif (Luke xxiv. 5).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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