In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, hortatory
(adjective) giving strong encouragement
Source: WordNet® 3.1
exhortative (comparative more exhortative, superlative most exhortative)
(comparable) Appearing to exhort; in an urging manner.
(grammar, not comparable) Inflected hortative verb form that a speaker uses to avidly encourage a listener.
exhortative (plural exhortatives)
The exhortative mood.
• exhortatory
• hortative
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*hor"ta*tive, a. Etym: [L. exhortativus: cf. F. exhortatif.]
Definition: Serving to exhort; exhortatory; hortative. Barrow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 January 2025
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.