In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
INCRUSTANT
Etymology
Adjective
incrustant (comparative more incrustant, superlative most incrustant)
Tending to leave an incrustation on a boiler or other container when the containing water evaporates.
Noun
incrustant (plural incrustants)
Any substance that is dissolved in water which forms an incrustation when the water evaporates.
Source: Wiktionary
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TERNARY
(adjective) having three units or components or elements; “a ternary operation”; “a treble row of red beads”; “overcrowding made triple sessions necessary”; “triple time has three beats per measure”; “triplex windows”
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