In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
AUTOPHOBY
Noun
autophoby (uncountable)
Archaic form of autophobia.
Would it were not! for I cannot hide / From my heart my growing autophoby.
Source: Wiktionary
Au*toph"o*by, n. Etym: [Auto- + Gr.
Definition: Fear of one's self; fear of being egotistical. [R.] Hare.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
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