In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
MALISON
Etymology
Noun
malison (plural malisons)
(obsolete) A curse, a malediction.
Antonyms
• benison
Anagrams
• Osmanli, Soliman, monials, nomials, somalin, somnial
Source: Wiktionary
Mal"i*son, n. Etym: [OF. maleicon, L. maledictio. See Malediction, and cf. Benison.]
Definition: Malediction; curse; execration. [Poetic] God's malison on his head who this gainsays. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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