In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EYESTRAIN
eyestrain, asthenopia
(noun) a tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
eyestrain (countable and uncountable, plural eyestrains)
tiredness or pain in the eyes, sometimes accompanied by headache, caused by excessive or improper use of the eyes, or by uncorrected defects of vision
Synonyms
• asthenopia
Source: Wiktionary
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