In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DEPHLEGMATIONS
Noun
dephlegmations
plural of dephlegmation
Source: Wiktionary
DEPHLEGMATION
De`phleg*ma"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. déflegmation.] (Chem.)
Definition: The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; -- called also concentration, especially when acids are the subject of it. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNINFORMATIVELY
(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”
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