In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MOTIVELESS
motiveless, unprovoked, wanton
(adjective) occurring without motivation or provocation; “motiveless malignity”; “unprovoked and dastardly attack”- F.D.Roosevelt
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
motiveless (not comparable)
Without a motive.
Source: Wiktionary
Mo"tive*less, a.
Definition: Destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive.
– Mo"tive*less*ness, n. G. Eliot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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