FRAGONARD

Fragonard, Jean Honore Fragonard

(noun) French artist whose rococo paintings typified the frivolity of life in the royal court of France in the 18th century (1732-1806)

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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Word of the Day

21 May 2024

FUDGE

(verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception; “Fudge the figures”; “cook the books”; “falsify the data”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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