In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
APPETENCY
appetite, appetency, appetence
(noun) a feeling of craving something; “an appetite for life”; “the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible”- Granville Hicks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
appetency (countable and uncountable, plural appetencies)
Strong desire; craving; powerful instinct.
Synonyms
• appetite
• compulsion
• craving
Source: Wiktionary
Ap"pe*ten*cy, n.; pl. Appetencies. Etym: [L. appetentia, fr. appetere to strive after, long for. See Appetite.]
1. Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite. They had a strong appetency for reading. Merivale.
2. Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism. These lacteals have mouths, and by animal selection or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is agreeable to their palate. E. Darwin.
3. Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of inanimate objects.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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