In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
UPTIGHT
edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight
(adjective) being in a tense state
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
uptight (comparative uptighter, )
(colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious.
Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.
(colloquial) Sexually repressed.
(colloquial) Unfriendly and rude.
Noun
uptight (plural uptights)
(colloquial) An uptight person.
Source: Wiktionary
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