In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
EXORBITANCE
exorbitance, outrageousness
(noun) excessive excess
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
exorbitance (countable and uncountable, plural exorbitances)
The state or characteristic of being exorbitant.
A large excess.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*or"bi*tance, Ex*or"bi*tan*cy,, n.
Definition: A going out of or beyond the usual or due limit; hence, enormity; extravagance; gross deviation from rule, right, or propriety; as, the exorbitances of the tongue or of deportment; exorbitance of demands. "a curb to your exorbitancies." Dryden. The lamentable exorbitances of their superstitions. Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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