In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
AUTOMORPHICALLY
Etymology
Adverb
automorphically (not comparable)
(maths) In terms of automorphisms
Source: Wiktionary
AUTOMORPHIC
Au`to*mor"phic, a. Etym: [Auto- + Gr.
Definition: Patterned after one's self. The conception which any one frames of another's mind is more or less after the pattern of his own mind, -- is automorphic. H. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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