In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TARSIA
Etymology
Noun
tarsia (countable and uncountable, plural tarsias)
Intarsia.
Anagrams
• Arista, Aritas, Ataris, Atiras, Sarita, aartis, arista, ataris, raitas, riatas, tairas, tarais, tiaras
Source: Wiktionary
Tar"si*a, Tar`si*a*tu"ra, n. Etym: [It.]
Definition: A kind of mosaic in woodwork, much employed in Italy in the fifteenth century and later, in which scrolls and arabesques, and sometimes architectural scenes, landscapes, fruits, flowers, and the like, were produced by inlaying pieces of wood of different colors and shades into panels usually of walnut wood.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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