In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
AVERSION
aversion, averting
(noun) the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; “averting her gaze meant that she was angry”
antipathy, aversion, distaste
(noun) a feeling of intense dislike
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
aversion (countable and uncountable, plural aversions)
Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike.
Synonyms: antipathy, disinclination, reluctance
An object of dislike or repugnance.
Synonym: abomination
(obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.
Anagrams
• vairones, veraison
Source: Wiktionary
A*ver"sion, n. Etym: [L. aversio: cf. F. aversion. See Avert.]
1. A turning away. [Obs.] Adhesion to vice and aversion from goodness. Bp. Atterbury.
2. Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike; antipathy; disinclination; reluctance. Mutual aversion of races. Prescott. His rapacity had made him an object of general aversion. Macaulay.
Note: It is now generally followed by to before the object. [See Averse.] Sometimes towards and for are found; from is obsolete. A freeholder is bred with an aversion to subjection. Addison. His aversion towards the house of York. Bacon. It is not difficult for a man to see that a person has conceived an aversion for him. Spectator. The Khasias . . . have an aversion to milk. J. D. Hooker.
3. The object of dislike or repugnance. Pain their aversion, pleasure their desire. Pope.
Syn.
– Antipathy; dislike; repugnance; disgust. See Dislike.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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