In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SYLLABIZE
syllabize, syllabise
(verb) utter with distinct articulation of each syllable; “The poet syllabized the verses he read”
syllabify, syllabicate, syllabize, syllabise
(verb) divide into syllables; “syllabify the words”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
syllabize (third-person singular simple present syllabizes, present participle syllabizing, simple past and past participle syllabized)
(transitive) To syllabify.
Synonyms
• syllabify, syllabicate
Source: Wiktionary
Syl"la*bize, v. t.
Definition: To syllabify. Howell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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