In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SPONDEES
Noun
spondees
plural of spondee
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• Snopesed, dopeness, snopesed
Source: Wiktionary
SPONDEE
Spon"dee, n. Etym: [L. spondeus, Gr. spondée. So called because at libations slow, solemn melodies were used, chiefly in this meter.] (pros.)
Definition: A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word leges.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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