In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
QUERIMONY
Etymology
Noun
querimony (plural querimonies)
(archaic) A complaint.
Source: Wiktionary
Quer"i*mo*ny, n. Etym: [L. querimonia.]
Definition: A complaint or complaining. [Obs.] E. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNINFORMATIVELY
(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”
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