In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TOWNSCAPE
Etymology
Noun
townscape (plural townscapes)
A view of a town, or a subjective image of a town
(arts) A depiction of an urban scene
Verb
townscape (third-person singular simple present townscapes, present participle townscaping, simple past and past participle townscaped)
(transitive) To design and lay out (buildings) as a town.
Source: Wiktionary
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19 January 2025
ELOQUENCE
(noun) powerful and effective language; “his eloquence attracted a large congregation”; “fluency in spoken and written English is essential”; “his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police”
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