In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ULCERATED
cankerous, ulcerated, ulcerous
(adjective) having an ulcer or canker
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
ulcerated (comparative more ulcerated, superlative most ulcerated)
affected with ulcers
Source: Wiktionary
Ul"cer*a`ted, a.
Definition: Affected with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers; as, an ulcerated sore throat.
ULCERATE
Ul"cer*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ulcerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Ulcerating.] Etym: [L. ulceratus, p. p. of ulcerare, fr. ulcus ulcer.]
Definition: To be formed into an ulcer; to become ulcerous.
Ul"cer*ate, v. t.
Definition: To affect with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers. Harvey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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