In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SHRILLNESS
shrillness, stridence, stridency
(noun) having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound
shrillness
(noun) the quality of being sharp or harsh to the senses; “the shrillness of her hair color”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shrillness (countable and uncountable, plural shrillnesses)
(uncountable) The property of being shrill.
(countable) The result or product of being shrill.
Source: Wiktionary
Shrill"ness, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being shrill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUNGLASSES
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