In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HERMENEUTICAL
Etymology
Adjective
hermeneutical (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to hermeneutics, the study or theory of the methodical interpretation of text, especially holy texts.
Source: Wiktionary
Her`me*neu"tic, Her`me*neu"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. herméneutique.]
Definition: Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation; exegetical; explanatory; as, hermeneutic theology, or the art of expounding the Scriptures; a hermeneutic phrase.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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