In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OVERPROPORTION
Etymology
Verb
overproportion (third-person singular simple present overproportions, present participle overproportioning, simple past and past participle overproportioned)
To give something excessive proportions
Antonyms
• underproportion
Noun
overproportion (countable and uncountable, plural overproportions)
Excessive proportion.
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*pro*por"tion, v. t.
Definition: To make of too great proportion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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