In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
twelvemo (plural twelvemos)
(paper) duodecimo, or 12mo, a paper size, so called because it is cut 12 to a (huge, originally made) sheet
(printing) a page, book etc. of that size
• (page size): 12mo, duodecimo, 12º
• (book size): D, 12mo, duodecimo, 12º
Source: Wiktionary
Twelve"mo, a. & n.
Definition: See Duodecimo.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 January 2025
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.