In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
DICTATURE
Etymology
Noun
dictature (plural dictatures)
(obsolete) Office of a dictator; dictatorship.
Anagrams
• trucidate, urticated
Source: Wiktionary
Dic*ta"ture, n. Etym: [L. dictatura: cf. F. dictature.]
Definition: Office of a dictator; dictatorship. [R.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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