In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DISSIMILITUDES
Noun
dissimilitudes
plural of dissimilitude
Source: Wiktionary
DISSIMILITUDE
Dis`si*mil"i*tude, n. Etym: [L. dissimilitudo, fr. dissimilis: cf. F. dissimilitude.]
1. Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity. Dissimilitude between the Divinity and images. Stillingfleet.
2. (Rhet.)
Definition: A comparison by contrast; a dissimile.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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