INKWELL

inkwell, inkstand

(noun) a small well holding writing ink into which a pen can be dipped

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

inkwell (plural inkwells)

A container for ink, designed and usually positioned so that a person may conveniently dip a pen into it whenever a refill is needed.

Source: Wiktionary



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24 May 2025

EARTHSHAKING

(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”


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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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