In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
UNSPLINTERABLE
Etymology
Adjective
unsplinterable (not comparable)
Resistant to being splintered.
unsplinterable glass
Source: Wiktionary
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GRIEVOUS
(adjective) causing or marked by grief or anguish; “a grievous loss”; “a grievous cry”; “her sigh was heartbreaking”; “the heartrending words of Rabin’s granddaughter”
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