In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
nonoperative (not comparable)
Not requiring or involving a medical operation or surgery.
Not operative, not operational; inoperative.
nonoperative (plural nonoperatives)
(uncommon) One who is not an operative (“employee or worker”).
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6 June 2025
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.