In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MUSICOMANIA
Mu`si*co*ma"ni*a, n. Etym: [Music + mania: cf. F. musicomanie.] (Med.)
Definition: A kind of monomania in which the passion for music becomes so strong as to derange the intellectual faculties. Dunglison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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