In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DISINTERESTING
Verb
disinteresting
present participle of disinterest
Adjective
disinteresting (comparative more disinteresting, superlative most disinteresting)
(obsolete) uninteresting; dull
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*in"ter*est*ing, a.
Definition: Uninteresting. [Obs.] "Disinteresting passages." Bp. Warburton.
DISINTEREST
Dis*in"ter*est, p. a.
Definition: Disinterested. [Obs.] The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even. Jer. Taylor.
Dis*in"ter*est, n.
1. What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage. [Obs.] Glanvill.
2. Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage; disinterestedness. [Obs.] Johnson.
Dis*in"ter*est, v. t.
Definition: To divest of interest or interested motives. [Obs.] Feltham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MONASTICISM
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
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