In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
stypticity (uncountable)
The quality or state of being styptic; astringency.
Source: Wiktionary
Styp*tic"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. stypticité.]
Definition: The quality or state of being styptic; astringency.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 January 2025
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.