ACRONYCHALLY

ACRONYCHAL

A*cron"yc, A*cron"ych*al, a. Etym: [Gr. (Astron.)

Definition: Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star; -- opposed to cosmical.

Note: The word is sometimes incorrectly written acronical, achronychal, acronichal, and acronical.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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