In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MESMERIZING
hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding
(adjective) attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; “read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice”; “she had a warm mesmeric charm”; “the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing”; “a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
mesmerizing
present participle of mesmerize
Adjective
mesmerizing (comparative more mesmerizing, superlative most mesmerizing)
Exercising mesmerism on; spellbinding; enthralling.
a mesmerizing lava lamp
Source: Wiktionary
MESMERIZE
Mes"mer*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mesmerized; p. pr. & vb. n. Mesmerizing.]
Definition: To bring into a state of mesmeric sleep.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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