In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GUTTURALITY
Etymology
Noun
gutturality (countable and uncountable, plural gutturalities)
(uncountable) The quality of being guttural.
(countable) An instance of being guttural.
Source: Wiktionary
Gut"tur*al"i*ty, n.
Definition: The quality of being guttural. [R.] "The old gutturality of k." Earle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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