In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
STARBURST
Etymology
Noun
starburst (plural starbursts)
A violent explosion, or the pattern (likened to the shape of a star) supposed to be made by such an explosion.
(typography) A symbol similar to an asterisk, but with additional rays: âśş.
(astronomy) A region of space with an unusually high rate of star formation.
(astronomy) A period in time during which a region of space experiences an unusually high rate of star formation.
Verb
starburst (third-person singular simple present starbursts, present participle starbursting, simple past and past participle starbursted)
(astronomy, of a region of space) To experience an unusually high rate of star formation.
To explode; to burst out violently via, or in such a manner as to cause, an explosion.
To make a starburst pattern.
To refract and sparkle.
Source: Wiktionary
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