In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
MOLLIFICATION
pacification, mollification
(noun) the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined; “a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants”; “his unsuccessful mollification of the mob”
mollification
(noun) a state of being appeased or ameliorated or tempered
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mollification (countable and uncountable, plural mollifications)
The act of mollifying.
Source: Wiktionary
Mol`li*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [LL. mollificatio; cf. F. mollification.]
Definition: The act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a softening. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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