In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SUAVE
politic, smooth, suave, bland
(adjective) smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; “he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage”; “the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error”
debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, suave
(adjective) having a sophisticated charm; “a debonair gentleman”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
suave (comparative suaver, superlative suavest)
Charming, confident and elegant.
Noun
suave (plural suaves)
Sweet talk.
Anagrams
• Sauve, Vause, uveas
Source: Wiktionary
Suave, a. Etym: [L. suavis sweet, pleasant: cf. F. suave. See Sweet, and cf. Suasion.]
Definition: Sweet; pleasant; delightful; gracious or agreeable in manner; bland.
– Suave"ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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STACCATO
(adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply; “staccato applause”; “a staccato command”; “staccato notes”
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