In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OVERFILL
overfill
(verb) fill beyond capacity; “overfill the baskets”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
overfill (third-person singular simple present overfills, present participle overfilling, simple past and past participle overfilled)
To fill beyond capacity or beyond what is appropriate.
Noun
overfill (plural overfills)
An instance of overfilling.
Source: Wiktionary
o`ver*fill", v. t.
Definition: To fill to excess; to surcharge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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