In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DESTRUCTIBLE
destructible
(adjective) easily destroyed; “destructible glassware”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
destructible (comparative more destructible, superlative most destructible)
Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed.
Synonyms
• breakable, destroyable, wreckable
• See also fragile
Antonyms
• indestructible, undestroyable, unbreakable, unwreckable (incapable of being destroyed)
• constructible, producible (capable of being constructed)
Anagrams
• lettuce-birds
Source: Wiktionary
De*struc"ti*ble, a. Etym: [L. destructibilis.]
Definition: Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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