In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
DELIQUESCED
Verb
deliquesced
simple past tense and past participle of deliquesce
Source: Wiktionary
DELIQUESCE
Del`i*quesce", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deliquesced; p. pr. & vb. n. Deliquescing.] Etym: [L. deliquescere to melt, dissolve; de- + liquescere to become fluid, melt, fr. liquere to be fluid. See Liquid.] (Chem.)
Definition: To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies. In very moist air crystals of strontites deliquesce. Black.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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