In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
GENT
Gent, Gand, Ghent
(noun) port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry
chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke
(noun) a boy or man; “that chap is your host”; “there’s a fellow at the door”; “he’s a likable cuss”; “he’s a good bloke”
gent
(noun) informal abbreviation of ‘gentleman’
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
gent (plural gents)
(colloquial) A gentleman.
Etymology 2
Adjective
gent (comparative more gent, superlative most gent)
(obsolete) Noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful.
(obsolete) neat; pretty; elegant
Etymology 3
Noun
gent (uncountable)
(medicine, colloquial) Short for gentamicin.
Anagrams
• Teng
Source: Wiktionary
Gent, a. Etym: [OF. gent, fr. L. genitus born, or (less prob.) fr. gentilis. See Genteel.]
1. Gentle; noble; of gentle birth. [Obs.] All of a knight [who] was fair and gent. Chaucer.
2. Neat; pretty; fine; elegant. [Obs.] Spenser. Her body gent and small. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MEGALITH
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
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