In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
WORDLESS
mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless
(adjective) expressed without speech; “a mute appeal”; “a silent curse”; “best grief is tongueless”- Emily Dickinson; “the words stopped at her lips unsounded”; “unspoken grief”; “choking exasperation and wordless shame”- Thomas Wolfe
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
wordless (comparative more wordless, superlative most wordless)
Conveyed without the use of words; unspoken or unsaid.
Unable or unwilling to speak; dumb, silent or inarticulate.
Synonym: speechless
Antonyms
• wordful
Source: Wiktionary
Word"less, a.
Definition: Not using words; not speaking; silent; speechless. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
16 November 2024
LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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