In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
NONCONTINUOUS
discontinuous, noncontinuous
(adjective) not continuing without interruption in time or space; “discontinuous applause”; “the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas”; “he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
noncontinuous (not comparable)
(rare) discontinuous; not continuing without interruption
Source: Wiktionary
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
Coffee Trivia
