In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
POLYSYLLABICISM
Etymology
Noun
polysyllabicism (usually uncountable, plural polysyllabicisms)
(of linguistic expression) The state or characteristic of having a polysyllabic or overly complex style.
Source: Wiktionary
Pol`y*syl*lab"i*cism, n.
Definition: Polysyllabism.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ACCURATE
(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”
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