In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
AFTERGLOW
afterglow
(noun) the pleasure of remembering some pleasant event; “he basked in the afterglow of his victory”
afterglow
(noun) a glow sometimes seen in the sky after sunset
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
afterglow (countable and uncountable, plural afterglows)
The glow seen in the sky after sunset.
The light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling.
The light emitted by a phosphor after excitation.
The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high.
An afterparty.
Synonyms
• (party): afterparty
Antonyms
• foreglow
• (post-drug euphoria): hangover
• (post-sex euphoria): post-coital tristesse
Source: Wiktionary
Aft"er-glow(#), n.
Definition: A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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