In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TENUITIES
Noun
tenuities
plural of tenuity
Source: Wiktionary
TENUITY
Te*nu"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. tenuitas, from tenuis thin: cf. F. ténuité. See Tenuous.]
1. The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the tenuity of a hair.
2. Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood. Bacon.
3. Poverty; indigence. [Obs.] Eikon Basilike.
4. Refinement; delicacy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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