In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
syphilize (third-person singular simple present syphilizes, present participle syphilizing, simple past and past participle syphilized)
(medicine, transitive) To inoculate with syphilis.
Source: Wiktionary
Syph"i*lize, v. t. (Med.)
Definition: To inoculate with syphilis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 May 2024
(noun) acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable); “incurring debts is easier than paying them”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.