In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
BURRY
barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny
(adjective) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; “a horse with a short bristly mane”; “bristly shrubs”; “burred fruits”; “setaceous whiskers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Burry
A surname.
Etymology
Adjective
burry (comparative more burry, superlative most burry)
Abounding in burs.
(of speech, or other produced sound) Characterized by a burr.
Source: Wiktionary
Burr"y, a.
Definition: Abounding in burs, or containing burs; resembling burs; as, burry wool.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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