In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
INCORRIGIBILITY
Etymology
Noun
incorrigibility (uncountable)
The condition of being incorrigible.
Source: Wiktionary
In*cor`ri*gi*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. incorrigibilité.]
Definition: The state or quality of being incorrigible. The ingratitude, the incorrigibility, the strange perverseness . . . of mankind. Barrow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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