In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
WIDENESSES
Noun
widenesses
plural of wideness
Source: Wiktionary
WIDENESS
Wide"ness, n.
1. The quality or state of being wide; breadth; width; great extent from side to side; as, the wideness of a room. "I landed in a small creek about the wideness of my canoe." Swift.
2. Large extent in all directions; broadness; greatness; as, the wideness of the sea or ocean.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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