In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HIGHLIFE
extravagance, prodigality, lavishness, highlife, high life
(noun) excessive spending
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
highlife (uncountable)
(music) A genre of music that originated in Ghana in the early 20th century, blending elements of traditional Akan music with Western instruments and ideas.
Alternative spelling of high life
Source: Wiktionary
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10 January 2025
INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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