In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RECRUDESCENCIES
Noun
recrudescencies
plural of recrudescency
Source: Wiktionary
RECRUDESCENCY
Re`cru*des"cence (r`kr*ds"sens), Re`cru*des`cen*cy (-ds"sen*s), n. Etym: [Cf. F. recrudescence.]
1. The state or condition of being recrudescent. A recrudescence of barbarism may condemn it [land] to chronic poverty and waste. Duke of Argyll.
2. (Med.)
Definition: Increased severity of a disease after temporary remission. Dunglison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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