In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
EMBLAZONED
Verb
emblazoned
simple past tense and past participle of emblazon
Source: Wiktionary
EMBLAZON
Em*bla"zon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblazoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Emblazoning.] Etym: [Pref. em- + blazon. Cf. Emblaze.]
1. To depict or represent; -- said of heraldic bearings. See Blazon.
2. To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate. The walls were . . . emblazoned with legends in commemoration of the illustrious pair. Prescott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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