In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FANTASTICISM
Etymology
Noun
fantasticism (countable and uncountable, plural fantasticisms)
The quality of being fantastical; whimsicality.
Source: Wiktionary
Fan*tas"ti*cism, n.
Definition: The quality of being fantastical; fancifulness; whimsicality. Ruskin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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