In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CRASES
Noun
crases
plural of crasis
Anagrams
• SERCAs, caress, carses, casers, sacres, scares, seracs, séracs
Proper noun
Crases
plural of Crase
Anagrams
• SERCAs, caress, carses, casers, sacres, scares, seracs, séracs
Source: Wiktionary
CRASIS
Cra"sis (kr"ss), n. Etym: [LL., temperament, fr. Gr.
1. (Med.)
Definition: A mixture of constituents, as of the blood; constitution; temperament.
2. (Gram.)
Definition: A contraction of two vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words) into one long vowel, or into a dipthong; synæresis; as, cogo for coago.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GROIN
(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
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