In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
EXORBITATE
Etymology
Verb
exorbitate (third-person singular simple present exorbitates, present participle exorbitating, simple past and past participle exorbitated)
(obsolete) To go out of the track; to deviate.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*or"bi*tate, v. i. Etym: [L.exorbitatus, p.p. of exorbitare. See Exorbitant.]
Definition: To go out of the track; to deviate. [Obs.] Bentley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNINFORMATIVELY
(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”
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