In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
BATTAILOUS
Etymology
Adjective
battailous (comparative more battailous, superlative most battailous)
(obsolete) Warlike, battle-ready.
My wrath against thee for the orbed world.
Source: Wiktionary
Bat"tail*ous, a. Etym: [OF. bataillos, fr. bataille. See Battle, n.]
Definition: Arrayed for battle; fit or eager for battle; warlike. [Obs.] "In battailous aspect." Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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