In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ESSAYISH
Etymology
Adjective
essayish (comparative more essayish, superlative most essayish)
Resembling or characteristic of an essay.
the essayish portions of Melville's "Moby Dick"
Source: Wiktionary
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RIGHT
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
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