In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
GLADDENS
Proper noun
Gladdens
plural of Gladden
Verb
gladdens
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gladden
Source: Wiktionary
GLADDEN
Glad"den, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gladdened; p. pr. & vb. n. Gladdening.] Etym: [See Glad, v. t.]
Definition: To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate. A secret pleasure gladdened all that saw him. Addison.
Glad"den, v. i.
Definition: To be or become glad; to rejoice. The vast Pacific gladdens with the freight. Wordsworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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