In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
INSALIVATION
Noun
insalivation (uncountable)
(physiology, dated) The mixing of food with saliva and other oral secretions while eating.
Source: Wiktionary
In*sal`i*va"tion, n. (Physiol.)
Definition: The mixing of the food with the saliva and other secretions of the mouth in eating.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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22 September 2024
SPRINGBOARD
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
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