In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SYLPHID
Etymology
Noun
sylphid (plural sylphids)
(poetic) A young or little sylph.
Source: Wiktionary
Sylph"id, n. Etym: [F. sylphide, fem. See Sylph.]
Definition: A little sylph; a young or diminutive sylph. "The place of the sylphid queen." J. R. Drake. Ye sylphs and sylphids, to your chief give ear, Fays, fairies, genii, elves, and demons, hear. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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