In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
GEMMIFLORATE
Gem`mi*flo"rate, a. Etym: [L. gemma bud + flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.)
Definition: Having flowers like buds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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