In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EXANTHEMATA
EXANTHEMA
exanthem, exanthema, skin eruption
(noun) eruption on the skin occurring as a symptom of a disease
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
exanthemata
plural of exanthema
Source: Wiktionary
EXANTHEMA
Ex`an*the"ma, n.; pl. Exanthemata. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.exanthème.] (Med.)
Definition: An efflorescence or discoloration of the skin; an eruption or breaking out, as in measles, smallpox, scarlatina, and the like diseases; -- sometimes limited to eruptions attended with fever. Dunglison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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