In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his familyās pot filled with coffee.
UNVOICED
unexpressed, unsaid, unstated, unuttered, unverbalized, unverbalised, unvoiced, unspoken
(adjective) not made explicit; āthe unexpressed terms of the agreementā; āthings left unsaidā; āsome kind of unspoken agreementā; āhis action is clear but his reason remains unstatedā
unvoiced, voiceless, surd, hard
(adjective) produced without vibration of the vocal cords; āunvoiced consonants such as āpā and ākā and āsāā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
unvoiced (not comparable)
Not spoken or expressed.
(linguistics) Spoken without vibration of the vocal chords.
Synonym: voiceless
(signal processing, of a signal) That does not contain voice.
(internet) Of an IRC user: not granted voice privileges.
Source: Wiktionary
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