In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PASSIBLE
Adjective
passible (not comparable)
(chiefly theology) Able to suffer, or feel pain.
Able to feel emotion.
Capable of suffering injury or detriment.
Liable to experience change or decay.
Source: Wiktionary
Pas"si*ble, a. Etym: [L. passibilis, fr. pati, to suffer: cf. F. passible. See Passion.]
Definition: Susceptible of feeling or suffering, or of impressions from external agents. Apolinarius, which held even deity itself passible. Hooker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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