In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
JETTINESS
Etymology
Noun
jettiness (uncountable)
blackness; the condition of being jetty
Source: Wiktionary
Jet"ti*ness (-ti*nes). n.
Definition: The state of being jetty; blackness. Pennant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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