In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
INAUGURAL
inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, maiden
(adjective) serving to set in motion; “the magazine’s inaugural issue”; “the initiative phase in the negotiations”; “an initiatory step toward a treaty”; “his first (or maiden) speech in Congress”; “the liner’s maiden voyage”
inaugural
(adjective) occurring at or characteristic of a formal investiture or induction; “the President’s inaugural address”; “an inaugural ball”
inauguration, inaugural
(noun) the ceremonial induction into a position; “the new president obviously enjoyed his inauguration”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
inaugural (not comparable)
Of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the person being inaugurated.
Marking the beginning of an operation, venture, etc.
Noun
inaugural (plural inaugurals)
An inauguration; a formal beginning.
A formal speech given at the beginning of an office.
Source: Wiktionary
In*au"gu*ral, a. Etym: [Cf. F. inaugural.]
Definition: Pertaining to, or performed or pronounced at, an inauguration; as, an inaugural address; the inaugural exercises.
In*au"gu*ral, n.
Definition: An inaugural address. [U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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