In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SIBILANTS
Noun
sibilants
plural of sibilant
Source: Wiktionary
SIBILANT
Sib"i*lant, a. Etym: [L. sibilans, -antis, p. pr. of sibilare to hiss: cf. F. sibilant.]
Definition: Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds.
– n.
Definition: A sibiliant letter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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