In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
DESERTIFY
Etymology
Verb
desertify (third-person singular simple present desertifies, present participle desertifying, simple past and past participle desertified)
(intransitive, of a geographical region) to become desert
(transitive) to cause (a geographical region) to become desert
Source: Wiktionary
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COMMISERATIVE
(adjective) feeling or expressing sympathy; “made commiserative clicking sounds with his tongue”- Kenneth Roberts
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