In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OBLITERATIVE
Etymology
Adjective
obliterative (comparative more obliterative, superlative most obliterative)
Tending or serving to obliterate.
Source: Wiktionary
Ob*lit"er*a*tive, a.
Definition: Tending or serving to obliterate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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