In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PREAPPLY
Etymology
Verb
preapply (third-person singular simple present preapplies, present participle preapplying, simple past and past participle preapplied)
To apply in advance.
Source: Wiktionary
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SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
Coffee Trivia
