In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GELASTIC
Adjective
gelastic
Pertaining to laughter, used in laughing, or to be the subject of laughter.
(medicine) Relating to a particularly severe form of epileptic fit, in which there is a sudden burst of energy.
Source: Wiktionary
Ge*las"tic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: Pertaining to laughter; used in laughing. "Gelastic muscles." Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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