In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HUMECTING
Verb
humecting
present participle of humect
Source: Wiktionary
HUMECT
Hu*mect", Hu*mec"tate, v. t. Etym: [L. humectare, humectatum, fr. humectus moist, fr. humere to be moist: cf. F. humecter.]
Definition: To moisten; to wet. [Obs.] Howell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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