DISBURTHEN

Etymology

Verb

disburthen (third-person singular simple present disburthens, present participle disburthening, simple past and past participle disburthened)

(obsolete) disburden

Source: Wiktionary


Dis*bur"then, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disburthened; p. pr. & vb. n. Disburthening.] Etym: [Cf. Disburden.]

Definition: To disburden; to relieve of a load. [Archaic]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PUNGENCY

(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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