In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FECULENCES
Noun
feculences
plural of feculence
Source: Wiktionary
FECULENCE
Fec"u*lence, n. Etym: [L. faeculentia dregs, filth: cf. F. féculence.]
1. The state or quality of being feculent; muddiness; foulness.
2. That which is feculent; sediment; lees; dregs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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