In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
adiaphora
plural of adiaphoron
(nonstandard, uncommon) in singular use
Source: Wiktionary
16 March 2025
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.