In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MENTALITY
brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit
(noun) mental ability; “he’s got plenty of brains but no common sense”
mentality, outlook, mindset, mind-set
(noun) a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mentality (plural mentalities)
A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs.
The characteristics of a mind described as a system of distinctive structures and processes based in biology, language, or culture, etc.; a mental system.
Source: Wiktionary
Men*tal"i*ty, n.
Definition: Quality or state of mind. "The same hard mentality." Emerson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COWBERRY
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
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