In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
WAVERER
waverer, vacillator, hesitator, hesitater
(noun) one who hesitates (usually out of fear)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
waverer (plural waverers)
A person who wavers.
Source: Wiktionary
Wa"ver*er, n.
Definition: One who wavers; one who is unsettled in doctrine, faith, opinion, or the like. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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