In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
ANTIMETABOLE
Etymology
Noun
antimetabole (countable and uncountable, plural antimetaboles)
(rhetoric) The technique of reversal, where accentuated by reversal of words, actions or grammatical structure.
Source: Wiktionary
An`ti*me*tab"o*le, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Definition: A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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