In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
LOITERED
Verb
loitered
simple past tense and past participle of loiter
Anagrams
• dolerite, eleotrid
Source: Wiktionary
LOITER
Loi"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loitered; p. pr. & vb. n. Loitering.] Etym: [D. leuteren to delay, loiter; cf; Prov. G. lottern to be louse, lotter louse, slack, unsettled, vagrant, OHG. lotar.]
1. To be slow in moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind. Sir John, you loiter here too long. Shak. If we have loitered, let us quicken our pace. Rogers.
2. To wander as an idle vagrant. [Obs.] Spenser.
Syn.
– To linger; delay; lag; saunter; tarry.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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