In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
AERIFORM
aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal
(adjective) characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; “figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away”- Thomas Carlyle; “aerial fancies”; “an airy apparition”; “physical rather than ethereal forms”
aeriform, airlike
(adjective) resembling air or having the form of air
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
aeriform
Pertaining to air.
Having a form similar to that of air.
Light, unsubstantial, or unstable.
Source: Wiktionary
A"ër*i*form, a. Etym: [L. aër air + -form: cf. F. aériforme.]
Definition: Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid; gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INSULATION
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
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