In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
FILMY
diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby
(adjective) so thin as to transmit light; “a hat with a diaphanous veil”; “filmy wings of a moth”; “gauzy clouds of dandelion down”; “gossamer cobwebs”; “sheer silk stockings”; “transparent chiffon”; “vaporous silks”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
filmy (comparative filmier, superlative filmiest)
Resembling or made of a thin film; gauzy
Covered by (or as if by) a film; hazy
Source: Wiktionary
Film"y, a.
Definition: Composed of film or films. Whose filmy cord should bind the struggling fly. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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