In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
decency
(noun) the quality of being polite and respectable
decency
(noun) the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
Source: WordNet® 3.1
decency (countable and uncountable, plural decencies)
The quality of being decent; propriety.
That which is proper or becoming.
Source: Wiktionary
De"cen*cy, n.; pl. Decencies. Etym: [L. decentia, fr. decens: cf. F. décence. See Decent.]
1. The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in social intercourse, in actions, or in discourse; proper formality; becoming ceremony; seemliness; hence, freedom from obscenity or indecorum; modesty. Observances of time, place, and of decency in general. Burke. Immodest words admit of no defense, For want of decency is want of sense. Roscommon.
2. That which is proper or becoming. The external decencies of worship. Atterbury. Those thousand decencies, that daily flow From all her words and actions. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.