In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
IDLENESS
idleness, idling, loafing
(noun) having no employment
faineance, idleness
(noun) the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work
groundlessness, idleness
(noun) the quality of lacking substance or value; “the groundlessness of their report was quickly recognized”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
idleness (countable and uncountable, plural idlenesses)
The state of being idle; inactivity.
The state of being indolent; indolence.
Groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
I"dle*ness, n. Etym: [AS. idelnes.]
Definition: The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness.
Syn.
– Inaction; indolence; sluggishness; sloth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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