CANUTE

Canute, Cnut, Knut, Canute the Great

(noun) king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035)

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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Word of the Day

21 March 2025

SESQUIPEDALIAN

(adjective) given to the overuse of long words; “sesquipedalian orators”; “this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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