In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PARAMORPHISMS
Noun
paramorphisms
plural of paramorphism
Source: Wiktionary
PARAMORPHISM
Par`a*mor"phism, n. (Min.)
Definition: The change of one mineral species to another, so as to involve a change in physical characters without alteration of chemical composition.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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