In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GARGARIZE
Etymology
Verb
gargarize (third-person singular simple present gargarizes, present participle gargarizing, simple past and past participle gargarized)
(obsolete) To gargle; to rinse or wash, as the mouth and throat.
Source: Wiktionary
Gar"ga*rize, v. t. Etym: [F. gargarizare, fr. Gr.
Definition: To gargle; to rinse or wash, as the mouth and throat. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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