In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
CANUTE
Canute, Cnut, Knut, Canute the Great
(noun) king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035)
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SESQUIPEDALIAN
(adjective) given to the overuse of long words; “sesquipedalian orators”; “this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money”
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