In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
FURTIVENESS
furtiveness, sneakiness, stealthiness
(noun) a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
furtiveness (countable and uncountable, plural furtivenesses)
The quality of being furtive.
Synonyms
• sneakiness
• stealthiness
Source: Wiktionary
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SPRINGBOARD
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
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