In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PRURIENCY
prurience, pruriency, lasciviousness, carnality, lubricity
(noun) feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
pruriency (countable and uncountable, plural pruriencies)
prurience
the pruriency of curious ears
Source: Wiktionary
Pru"ri*ence, Pru"ri*en*cy, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being prurient. The pruriency of curious ears. Burke. There is a prurience in the speech of some. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TEMPORIZE
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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