In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
VACUOUSNESS
vacuousness
(noun) indicative of or marked by mental vacuity and an absence of ideas; “the vacuousness of her face belied her feelings”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
vacuousness (uncountable)
the quality of being vacuous
Source: Wiktionary
Vac"u*ous*ness, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being vacuous; emptiness; vacuity. W. Montagu.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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