In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TABOOED
Adjective
tabooed (comparative more tabooed, superlative most tabooed)
Forbidden; prohibited.
Verb
tabooed
simple past tense and past participle of taboo
Anagrams
• detaboo
Source: Wiktionary
TABOO
Ta*boo", n.
Definition: A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under pain of death, -- an interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly common in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction. [Written also tabu.]
Ta*boo", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tabooed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tabooing.]
Definition: To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, or use of; as, to taboo the ground set apart as a sanctuary for criminals. [Written also tabu.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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