In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
VITUPERATES
Verb
vituperates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form 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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