In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
AMPHIDROMICAL
Am`phi*drom"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; -- so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the hearth and then named it.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BRIGHT
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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