In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ALBUMINISE
Etymology
Verb
albuminise (third-person singular simple present albuminises, present participle albuminising, simple past and past participle albuminised)
Non-Oxford British alternative spelling of albuminize
Source: Wiktionary
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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