In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
BOURD
Etymology
Noun
bourd (plural bourds)
(obsolete) A joke; jesting, banter.
Verb
bourd (third-person singular simple present bourds, present participle bourding, simple past and past participle bourded)
(obsolete) To jest.
Anagrams
• Burdo
Source: Wiktionary
Bourd, n. Etym: [F. bourde fib, lie, OF. borde, bourde, jest, joke.]
Definition: A jest. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Bourd, v. i.
Definition: To jest. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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