In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RETROFLEXION
retroflection, retroflexion
(noun) the act of bending backward
retroflection, retroflexion
(noun) an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth
retroversion, retroflection, retroflexion
(noun) a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part; “retroversion of the uterus”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
retroflexion (countable and uncountable, plural retroflexions)
The act of reflexing; the state of being retroflexed.
Source: Wiktionary
Re`tro*flex"ion, n.
Definition: The act of reflexing; the state of being retroflexed. Cf. Retroversion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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