In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
DISPRIZED
Etymology
Verb
disprized
simple past tense and past participle of disprize
Adjective
disprized (comparative more disprized, superlative most disprized)
Undervalued, disparaged.
Source: Wiktionary
DISPRIZE
Dis*prize", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Dispraise.]
Definition: To do preciate. [R.] Cotton (Ode to Lydia).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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