In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
NONOPERATIVE
Etymology
Adjective
nonoperative (not comparable)
Not requiring or involving a medical operation or surgery.
Not operative, not operational; inoperative.
Noun
nonoperative (plural nonoperatives)
(uncommon) One who is not an operative (“employee or worker”).
Source: Wiktionary
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PUNGENCY
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
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