In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
crank, cranky, tender, tippy
(adjective) (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tippy (comparative more tippy, superlative most tippy)
(obsolete, colloquial or slang) Fashionable, tip-top.
(obsolete, colloquial or slang, absolute, with the) In the height of fashion, excellent, cool.
(colloquial or slang) Clever, neat, smart.
Of tea, having a large amount of tips, or leaf buds.
tippy (plural tippies)
(obsolete, colloquial or slang) A dandy.
tippy (comparative more tippy, superlative most tippy)
(Canada, US) Tending to tip or tilt over; unstable.
Source: Wiktionary
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.