In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
ENOUNCE
pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
(verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; “She pronounces French words in a funny way”; “I cannot say ‘zip wire’”; “Can the child sound out this complicated word?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
enounce (third-person singular simple present enounces, present participle enouncing, simple past and past participle enounced)
To say or pronounce; to enunciate.
To declare or proclaim.
To state unequivocally.
Source: Wiktionary
E*nounce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Enouncing.] Etym: [F. énoncer, L. enuntiare; e out + nuntiare to announce, fr. nuntius messenger. See Nuncio, and cf. Enunciate.]
1. To announce; to declare; to state, as a proposition or argument. Sir W. Hamilton.
2. To utter; to articulate. The student should be able to enounce these [sounds] independently. A. M. Bell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CUNT
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
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