In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
UNSINKABLE
unsinkable
(adjective) incapable of being sunk; “they thought the Titanic was unsinkable”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
unsinkable (comparative more unsinkable, superlative most unsinkable)
Of a ship: that cannot be sunk.
(figurative) That cannot be overcome or defeated.
Source: Wiktionary
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BODILY
(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”
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