In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
STARGAZER
stargazer
(noun) heavy-bodied marine bottom-lurkers with eyes on flattened top of the head
astronomer, uranologist, stargazer
(noun) a physicist who studies astronomy
stargazer, lotus-eater
(noun) someone indifferent to the busy world; “in the Odyssey Homer tells of lotus-eaters who live in dreamy indolence”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stargazer (plural stargazers)
One who stargazes.
A perciform fish in the family Uranoscopidae.
Source: Wiktionary
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DESIRABLE
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
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