EPISODE · Mar 5, 2009 · 2 MIN

purfle

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 5, 2009 is: purfle • \PUR-ful\ • verb : to ornament the border or edges of Examples: The luthier used abalone shell to purfle the instrument. Did you know? Today we use "purfle" mostly in reference to setting a decorative inlaid border around the body of a guitar or violin, a process known as "purfling." In the past, "purfle" got the most use in connection with adornment of garments. "The Bishop of Ely . . . wore a robe of scarlet . . . purfled with minever," reported an English clergyman in 1840, for example. We embellished our language with "purfle," first as "purfilen" in the 1300s, when we took it with its meaning from Middle French "porfiler." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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