In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
BLATE
bashful, blate
(adjective) disposed to avoid notice; āthey considered themselves a tough outfit and werenāt bashful about letting anybody know itā; (āblateā is a Scottish term for bashful)
bleat, blate, blat, baa
(verb) cry plaintively; āThe lambs were bleatingā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
blate (comparative blater, superlative blatest)
(Scotland, Northern England) Bashful, sheepish.
(Scotland, Northern England) Dull, stupid.
Etymology 2
Verb
blate (third-person singular simple present blates, present participle blating, simple past and past participle blated)
Archaic form of bleat.
Anagrams
• ablet, bleat, table
Source: Wiktionary
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; ātheir business venture was doomed from the startā; āan ill-fated business ventureā; āan ill-starred romanceā; āthe unlucky prisoner was again put in ironsā- W.H.Prescott
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