In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent
(verb) beat through cleverness and wit; “I beat the traffic”; “She outfoxed her competitors”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
outwit (third-person singular simple present outwits, present participle outwitting, simple past and past participle outwitted)
(transitive) To get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits.
• outfox, outguess, outsmart, overreach
Source: Wiktionary
Out*wit", v. t.
Definition: To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreach by superior craft. They did so much outwit and outwealth us ! Gauden.
Out"wit, n.
Definition: The faculty of acquiring wesdom by observation and experience, or the wisdom so acquired; -- opposed to inwit. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.