In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FLIGHTY
skittish, flighty, spooky, nervous
(adjective) unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
flighty, flyaway, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained
(adjective) guided by whim and fancy; “flighty young girls”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
flighty (comparative flightier, superlative flightiest)
Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.
(of a bird) That flies easily or often.
(obsolete) Swift.
Source: Wiktionary
Flight"y, a.
1. Fleeting; swift; transient. The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it. Shak.
2. Indulging in flights, or wild and unrestrained sallies, of imagination, humor, caprice, etc.; given to disorder Proofs of my flighty and paradoxical turn of mind. Coleridge. A harsh disciplinarian and a flighty enthusiast. J. S. Har
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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