In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
READVERTENCY
Re`ad*vert"en*cy, n.
Definition: The act of adverting to again, or of reviewing. [R.] Norris.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESCRIPTIVE
(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
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