Old French

noun

the French language of the 9th through the 13th centuries. Abbreviation: OF

Origin:
1885–90

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Old French

—n
	OF the French language in its earliest forms, from about the 9th century up to about 1400

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Old French is always a great word to know.

So is gobo. Does it mean:

the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

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"Semantically, taste is rich and confusing, its etymology as odd and interesting as that of "style." But while style—deriving from the stylus or pointed rod which Roman scribes used to make marks on wax tablets—suggests activity, taste is more passive.... Etymologically, the word we use derives from the Old French, meaning touch or feel, a sense that is preserved in the current Italian word for a keyboard, tastiera."

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