In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
VIOLACEOUS
Etymology
Adjective
violaceous (comparative more violaceous, superlative most violaceous)
Violet-colored.
Anagrams
• olivaceous
Source: Wiktionary
Vi`o*la"ceous, a. Etym: [L. violaceus, fr. viola a violet.]
1. Resembling violets in color; bluish purple.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants, of which the violet is the type. It contains about twenty genera and two hundred and fifty species.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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