In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
WAVY
crinkled, crinkly, rippled, wavy, wavelike
(adjective) uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
wavy
(adjective) (of hair) having waves; “she had long wavy hair”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
wavy (comparative wavier, superlative waviest)
rising or swelling in waves.
Full of waves.
Moving to and fro; undulating.
Having wave-like shapes on its border or surface; waved.
(botany, of a margin) Moving up and down relative to the surface; undulate.
(heraldry) Undé, in a wavy line; applied to ordinaries, or division lines.
(slang) drunk
Etymology 2
See wavey.
Noun
wavy (plural wavies)
(possibly dated) Alternative form of wavey (goose).
Source: Wiktionary
Wav"y, a.
1. Rising or swelling in waves; full of waves. "The wavy seas." Chapman.
2. Playing to and fro; undulating; as, wavy flames. Let her glad valleys smile with wavy corn. Prior.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: Undulating on the border or surface; waved.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEFT
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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