In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
INEFFICACIES
Noun
inefficacies
plural of inefficacy
Source: Wiktionary
INEFFICACY
In*ef"fi*ca*cy, n. Etym: [L. inefficacia. See In- not, and Efficacy.]
Definition: Want of power to produce the desired or proper effect; inefficiency; ineffectualness; futility; uselessness; fruitlessness; as, the inefficacy of medicines or means. The seeming inefficacy of censures. Bp. Hall. The inefficacy was soon proved, like that of many similar medicines. James Gregory.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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