In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
INFATUATIONS
Noun
infatuations
plural of infatuation
Source: Wiktionary
INFATUATION
In*fat`u*a"tion, n. Etym: [LL. infatuatio: cf. F. infatuation.]
Definition: The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates. The infatuations of the sensual and frivolous part of mankind are amazing; but the infatuations of the learned and sophistical are incomparably more so. I. Taylor. Such is the infatuation of self-love. Blair.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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