In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CALORICITIES
Noun
caloricities
plural of caloricity
Source: Wiktionary
CALORICITY
Cal`o*ric"ity, n. (Physiol.)
Definition: A faculty in animals of developing and preserving the heat nesessary to life, that is, the animal heat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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