In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
shred, scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge
(noun) a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Tittle
A surname.
tittle (plural tittles)
A small, insignificant amount (of something); a modicum or speck.
(typography) Any small dot, stroke, or diacritical mark, especially if part of a letter, or if a letter-like abbreviation; in particular, the dots over the Latin letters i and j.
• See also modicum.
tittle (third-person singular simple present tittles, present participle tittling, simple past and past participle tittled)
(Scotland) To chatter.
Source: Wiktionary
Tit"tle, n. Etym: [OE. titel, titil, apparently a dim. of tit, in the sense of small; cf. G. tüttel a tittle, dim. of OHG. tutta teat. Perhaps, however, the same word as title, n.]
Definition: A particle; a minute part; a jot; an iota. It is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. Luke xvi. 17. Every tittle of this prophecy is most exactly verified. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 May 2025
(noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.