In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
MASCULINIZE
masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
(verb) produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy; “the drugs masculinized the teenage girl”
masculinize
(verb) give a masculine appearance or character to; “Fashion designers have masculinized women’s looks in the 1990s”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
masculinize (third-person singular simple present masculinizes, present participle masculinizing, simple past and past participle masculinized)
(transitive) To make masculine; to give typically male characteristics.
Synonyms
• masculize (rare)
Antonyms
• feminize
Source: Wiktionary
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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