In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SERPENTIZED
Verb
serpentized
simple past tense and past participle of serpentize
Source: Wiktionary
SERPENTIZE
Ser"pent*ize, v. i.
Definition: To turn or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and then in the opposite; to meander; to wind; to serpentine. [R.] The river runs before the door, and serpentizes more than you can conceive. Walpole.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SEARCHINGLY
(adverb) in a searching manner; “‘Are you really happy with him,’ asked her mother, gazing at Vera searchingly”
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