In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his familyās pot filled with coffee.
MUTABLE
mutable
(adjective) tending to undergo genetic mutuation; āIt is likely, too, that the chromosomes of all eubacteria are as mutable as that of E. coliā
mutable, changeable
(adjective) capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature; āa mutable substanceā; āmutable weather patternsā; āa mutable foreign policyā
mutable
(adjective) prone to frequent change; inconstant; āthe fickle and mutable nature of truthā; āthe mutable ways of fortuneā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
mutable (comparative more mutable, superlative most mutable)
Changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate.
(programming, of a variable) Having a value that is changeable during program execution.
Antonyms
• immutable
Noun
mutable (plural mutables)
Something mutable; a variable or value that can change.
Homophones
• muteable
Anagrams
• atumble
Source: Wiktionary
Mu"ta*ble, a. Etym: [L. mutabilis, fr. mutare to change. See Move.]
1. Capable of alteration; subject to change; changeable in form, qualities, or nature. Things of the most accidental and mutable nature. South.
2. Changeable; inconstant; unsettled; unstable; fickle. "Most mutable wishes." Byron.
Syn.
– Changeable; alterable; unstable; unsteady; unsettled; wavering; inconstant; variable; fickle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ACRIMONIOUS
(adjective) marked by strong resentment or cynicism; āan acrimonious disputeā; ābitter about the divorceā
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