In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
harshness, abrasiveness, scratchiness
(noun) the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
Source: WordNet® 3.1
scratchiness (uncountable)
The property of feeling scratchy.
Source: Wiktionary
1 February 2025
(noun) an intellectual hold or understanding; “a good grip on French history”; “they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities”; “he was in the grip of a powerful emotion”; “a terrible power had her in its grasp”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.