In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SEDULITY
sedulity, sedulousness
(noun) the quality of being constantly diligent and attentive
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sedulity (countable and uncountable, plural sedulities)
diligence, persistence
Anagrams
• dysluite
Source: Wiktionary
Se*du"li*ty, n. Etym: [L. sedulitas. See Sedulous.]
Definition: The quality or state of being sedulous; diligent and assiduous application; constant attention; unremitting industry; sedulousness. The industrious bee, by his sedulity in summer, lives in honey all the winter. Feltham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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