In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
FREAKY
bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre
(adjective) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; “restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit”; “famed for his eccentric spelling”; “a freakish combination of styles”; “his off-the-wall antics”; “the outlandish clothes of teenagers”; “outre and affected stage antics”
freaky
(adjective) strange and somewhat frightening; “the whole experience was really freaky”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
freaky (comparative freakier, superlative freakiest)
Resembling a freak.
(slang) Odd; bizarre; unusual.
(slang) Scary; frightening.
(slang) Sexually deviant.
Anagrams
• fakery
Source: Wiktionary
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