In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ABSENTMINDED
absent, absentminded, abstracted, scatty
(adjective) lost in thought; showing preoccupation; “an absent stare”; “an absentminded professor”; “the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
absentminded (comparative more absentminded, superlative most absentminded)
Alternative form of absent-minded
Source: Wiktionary
Ab`sent-mind"ed(#), a.
Definition: Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied.
– Ab`sent-mind"ed*ness, n.
– Ab`sent-mind"ed*ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GUILLOTINE
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