In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SWELTRY
sweltering, sweltry
(adjective) excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness; “a sweltering room”; “sweltering athletes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sweltry (comparative more sweltry, superlative most sweltry)
Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry.
Source: Wiktionary
Swel"try, a. Etym: [See Swelter, Swelt, v. i., and cf. Sultry.]
Definition: Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry. [R.] Evelyn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BEATIFY
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
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