In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
FORTUITY
accident, stroke, fortuity, chance event
(noun) anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; “winning the lottery was a happy accident”; “the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck”; “it was due to an accident or fortuity”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
fortuity (countable and uncountable, plural fortuities)
(uncountable) The state of being fortuitous.
(countable) A fortuitous event; an accident.
Source: Wiktionary
For*tu"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fortuité.]
Definition: Accident; chance; casualty. D. Forbes (1750).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GLASSY
(adjective) (used of eyes) lacking liveliness; “empty eyes”; “a glassy stare”; “his eyes were glazed over with boredom”
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