In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SNAPPY
alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy
(adjective) quick and energetic; “a brisk walk in the park”; “a lively gait”; “a merry chase”; “traveling at a rattling rate”; “a snappy pace”; “a spanking breeze”
dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce
(adjective) marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; “a dapper young man”; “a jaunty red hat”
snappish, snappy
(adjective) apt to speak irritably; “a snappish tone of voice”
crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy
(adjective) pleasantly cold and invigorating; “crisp clear nights and frosty mornings”; “a nipping wind”; “a nippy fall day”; “snappy weather”
snappy, whipping
(adjective) smart and fashionable; “snappy conversation”; “some sharp and whipping lines”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
snappy (comparative snappier, superlative snappiest)
(informal) Rapid and without delay.
(informal) Irritable.
(informal) Tidy; well-dressed; sharp.
Chilly, brisk, sharp.
Synonyms
• (rapid and without delay): fast, immediate, quick
• (irritable): irritable, peevish, testy, tetchy
Source: Wiktionary
Snap"py, a.
Definition: Snappish. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DERMATOGLYPHICS
(noun) the study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet; “some criminologists specialize in dermatoglyphics”
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