In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
INFLAMMATORY
inflammatory
(adjective) characterized or caused by inflammation; “an inflammatory process”; “an inflammatory response”
incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious
(adjective) arousing to action or rebellion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
inflammatory (comparative more inflammatory, superlative most inflammatory)
Tending to inflame or provoke somebody.
Relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation.
Noun
inflammatory (plural inflammatories)
Any material that causes inflammation
Source: Wiktionary
In*flam"ma*to*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. inflammatoire.]
1. Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate.
2. Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications. Burke.
3. (Med.)
Definition: Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as, an inflammatory disease. Inflammatory crust. (Med.) Same as Buffy coat, under Buffy.
– Inflammatory fever, a variety of fever due to inflammation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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