In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
INSENTIENT
insentient, insensate
(adjective) devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation; “insentient (or insensate) stone”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
insentient (comparative more insentient, superlative most insentient)
having no consciousness or animation; not sentient
Insensitive, indifferent
Source: Wiktionary
In*sen"ti*ent, a.
Definition: Not sentient; not having perception, or the power of perception. The . . . attributes of an insentient, inert substance. Reid. But there can be nothing like to this sensation in the rose, because it is insentient. Sir W. Hamilton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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