In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FREQUENTATIVES
Noun
frequentatives
plural of frequentative
Source: Wiktionary
FREQUENTATIVE
Fre*quent"a*tive, a. Etym: [L. frequentativus: cf. F. fréquentatif.] (Gram.)
Definition: Serving to express the frequent repetition of an action; as, a frequentative verb.
– n.
Definition: A frequentative verb.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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