In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
UROCHROMES
Noun
urochromes
plural of urochrome
Source: Wiktionary
UROCHROME
U"ro*chrome, n. Etym: [1st uro- + Gr. (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: A yellow urinary pigment, considered by Thudichum as the only pigment present in normal urine. It is regarded by Maly as identical with urobilin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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