In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
whereof
(formal) Of what.
(formal) Of which.
(formal) Of whom.
(archaic) With or by which.
whereof (not comparable)
(archaic) Of what.
(archaic) Of which.
• forehew
Source: Wiktionary
Where*of", adv.
1. Of which; of whom; formerly, also, with which; -- used relatively. I do not find the certain numbers whereof their armies did consist. Sir J. Davies. Let it work like Borgias' wine, Whereof his sire, the pope, was poisoned. Marlowe. Edward's seven sons, whereof thyself art one. Shak.
2. Of what; -- used interrogatively. Whereof was the house built Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.