In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SEQUELA
sequela
(noun) any abnormality following or resulting from a disease or injury or treatment; “paralysis is one of the sequelae of poliomyelitis”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sequela (plural sequelae)
(pathology) A disease or condition which is caused by an earlier disease or problem.
That which follows; an inference or corollary.
Anagrams
• queleas
Source: Wiktionary
Se*que"la, n.; pl. Sequelæ. Etym: [L., a follower, a result, from sequit to follow.]
Definition: One who, or that which, follows. Specifically: (a) An adherent, or a band or sect of adherents. "Coleridge and his sequela." G. P. Marsh. (b) That which follows as the logical result of reasoning; inference; conclusion; suggestion. Sequelæ, or thoughts suggested by the preceding aphorisms. Coleridge. (c) (Med.)
Definition: A morbid phenomenon left as the result of a disease; a disease resulting from another.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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