In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
VERTU
virtu, vertu
(noun) artistic quality
virtu, vertu, connoisseurship
(noun) love of or taste for fine objects of art
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
vertu (uncountable)
(arts, now, historical) The fine arts as a subject of study or expertise; understanding of arts and antiquities. [from 18th c.]
(arts, now, historical) Objets d'art collectively. [from 18th c.]
Especially with reference to the writings of Machiavelli (1469–1527): the requisite qualities for political or military success; vitality, determination; power. [from 19th c.]
Moral worth; virtue, virtuousness. [from 20th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Ver"tu, n.
1. Virtue; power. See Virtue. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. See Virtu.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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