In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
ABSOLUTISTIC
absolutist, absolutistic
(adjective) pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
absolutistic (comparative more absolutistic, superlative most absolutistic)
Alternative form of absolutist [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
Source: Wiktionary
Ab`so*lu*tis"tic, a.
Definition: Pertaining to absolutism; absolutist.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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