In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
FOXINESS
craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness
(noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
foxiness (uncountable)
The characteristic or quality of being foxy
Source: Wiktionary
Fox"i*ness, n.
1. The state or quality of being foxy, or foxlike; craftiness; shrewdness.
2. The state of being foxed or discolored, as books; decay; deterioration.
3. A coarse and sour taste in grapes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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