In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
BLACKENED
black, blackened
(adjective) (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood; “a face black with fury”
blackened
(adjective) darkened by smoke; “blackened rafters”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
blackened (comparative more blackened, superlative most blackened)
Darkened to the point of appearing black.
Verb
blackened
simple past tense and past participle of blacken
Source: Wiktionary
BLACKEN
Black"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackened; p. pr. & vb. n. Blackening.] Etym: [See Black, a., and cf. Black, v. t. ]
1. To make or render black. While the long funerals blacken all the way. Pope
2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. "Blackened the whole heavens." South.
3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens the character.
Syn.
– To denigrate; defame; vilify; slander; calumniate; traduce; malign; asperse.
Black"en, v. i.
Definition: To grow black or dark.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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