In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
LATINISM
Latinism
(noun) a word or phrase borrowed from Latin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Lat"in*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. latinisme.]
Definition: A Latin idiom; a mode of speech peculiar to Latin; also, a mode of speech in another language, as English, formed on a Latin model.
Note: The term is also sometimes used by Biblical scholars to designate a Latin word in Greek letters, or the Latin sense of a Greek word in the Greek Testament.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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