In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
MONEYED
affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed, wealthy, substantial
(adjective) having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value; “an affluent banker”; “a speculator flush with cash”; “not merely rich but loaded”; “moneyed aristocrats”; “wealthy corporations”; “a substantial family”
moneyed, monied
(adjective) based on or arising from the possession of money or wealth; “moneyed interests”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
moneyed (comparative more moneyed, superlative most moneyed)
Alternative spelling of monied
Source: Wiktionary
Mon"eyed, adv.
1. Supplied with money; having money; wealthy; as, moneyey men. Bacon.
2. Converted into money; coined. If exportation will not balance importation, away must your silver go again, whether moneyed or not moneyed. Locke.
3. Consisting in, or composed of, money. A. Hamilton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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