In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CASEOUS
caseous
(adjective) of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
caseous (comparative more caseous, superlative most caseous)
Resembling cheese.
Source: Wiktionary
Ca"se*ous, a. Etym: [L. caseus. Cf. Casein.]
Definition: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualities of cheese; cheesy. Caseous degeneration, a morbid process, in scrofulous or consumptive persons, in which the products of inflammation are converted into a cheesy substance which is neither absorbed nor organized.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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