In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
apathy, indifference, numbness, spiritlessness
(noun) the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
numbness
(noun) partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body; a symptom of nerve damage or dysfunction
Source: WordNet® 3.1
numbness (countable and uncountable, plural numbnesses)
Absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.
Inability or reduced ability to experience emotion.
• (medical): hypoesthesia
Source: Wiktionary
Numb"ness, n.
Definition: The condition of being numb; that state of a living body in which it loses, wholly or in part, the power of feeling or motion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.