In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DEMENTIA
dementia, dementedness
(noun) mental deterioration of organic or functional origin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dementia (usually uncountable, plural dementias)
(pathology) A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.
Madness or insanity.
Anagrams
• Demetian, Mendaite, Mendieta, Tiedeman, matineed
Source: Wiktionary
De*men"ti*a, n. Etym: [L., fr. demens. See Dement.]
Definition: Insanity; madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and reason; mental imbecility; idiocy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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