In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
VITUPERATED
Verb
vituperated
simple past tense and past participle of vituperate
Source: Wiktionary
VITUPERATE
Vi*tu"per*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. vituperatus, p. p. of vituperare to blame, vituperate; vitium a fault + parare to prepare. See Vice a fault, and Pare, v. t.]
Definition: To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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