In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SONNETIZE
Etymology
Verb
sonnetize (third-person singular simple present sonnetizes, present participle sonnetizing, simple past and past participle sonnetized)
(intransitive) To compose sonnets.
(transitive) To convert into sonnet form.
(transitive) To write a sonnet about.
Source: Wiktionary
Son"net*ize, v. i.
Definition: To compose sonnets.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DERMATOGLYPHICS
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