In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
VORPAL
Etymology
Coined by Lewis Carroll in the poem Jabberwocky to describe a sword.
Adjective
vorpal (comparative more vorpal, superlative most vorpal)
Sharp or deadly.
(role-playing games, of a blade) Having a special power making decapitation likely.
Source: Wiktionary
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CRITICAL
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
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