In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
COMPATIBLE
compatible
(adjective) able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination; “a compatible married couple”; “her deeds were compatible with her ideology”
compatible
(adjective) capable of being used with or connected to other devices or components without modification
compatible
(adjective) capable of forming a homogeneous mixture that neither separates nor is altered by chemical interaction
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
compatible (comparative more compatible, superlative most compatible)
Capable of easy interaction.
Able to get along well.
Consistent; congruous.
Antonyms
• incompatible
• noncompatible
Hyponyms
• backward-compatible
• backwards-compatible
• C#-compatible
• C++-compatible
• COBOL-compatible
• compatibility
• FORTRAN-compatible
• Fortran-compatible
• JSF-compatible
• JSP-compatible
• JSX-compatible
• signature-compatible
Noun
compatible (plural compatibles)
Something that is compatible with something else.
Source: Wiktionary
Com*pat"i*ble, a. Etym: [F., fr. LL.compatibilis, fr. L. compati. See Compassion.]
Definition: Capable of existing in harmony; congruous; suitable; not repugnant; -- usually followed by with. Our poets have joined together such qualities as are by nature the most compatible. Broome.
Syn.
– Consistent; suitable; agreeable; accordant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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