In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
GORDIUS
Gordius
(noun) legendary king of ancient Phrygia who was said to be responsible for the Gordian knot
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Gor"di*us, n. Etym: [NL. See Gordian, 1.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of long, slender, nematoid worms, parasitic in insects until near maturity, when they leave the insect, and live in water, in which they deposit their eggs; -- called also hair eel, hairworm, and hair snake, from the absurd, but common and widely diffused, notion that they are metamorphosed horsehairs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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