In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PREEXCITE
Etymology
Verb
preexcite (third-person singular simple present preexcites, present participle preexciting, simple past and past participle preexcited)
(transitive, medicine) To excite earlier than usual.
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