In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CRAZINESS
folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence
(noun) foolish or senseless behavior
folly, foolishness, craziness, madness
(noun) the quality of being rash and foolish; “trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly”; “adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness”
craziness, daftness, flakiness
(noun) informal terms for insanity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
craziness (usually uncountable, plural crazinesses)
(uncountable) The state of being crazy; madness; derangement
(archaic, uncountable) The state of being broken down or weakened
(countable) The result or product of being crazy.
Source: Wiktionary
Cra"zi*ness, n.
1. The state of being broken down or weakened; as, the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs.
2. The state of being broken in mind; imbecility or weakness of intellect; derangement.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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