In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
monsters
plural of monster
monsters
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of monster
• monstres
Source: Wiktionary
Mon"ster, n. Etym: [OE. monstre, F. monstre, fr. L. monstrum, orig., a divine omen, indicating misfortune; akin of monstrare to show, point out, indicate, and monere to warn. See Monition, and cf. Demonstrate, Muster.]
1. Something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy; an enormity; a marvel. A monster or marvel. Chaucer.
2. Specifically , an animal or plant departing greatly from the usual type, as by having too many limbs.
3. Any thing or person of unnatural or excessive ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty.
Mon"ster, a.
Definition: Monstrous in size. Pope.
Mon"ster, v. t.
Definition: To make monstrous. [Obs.] Shak.
Mon"ster, n. Etym: [OE. monstre, F. monstre, fr. L. monstrum, orig., a divine omen, indicating misfortune; akin of monstrare to show, point out, indicate, and monere to warn. See Monition, and cf. Demonstrate, Muster.]
1. Something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy; an enormity; a marvel. A monster or marvel. Chaucer.
2. Specifically , an animal or plant departing greatly from the usual type, as by having too many limbs.
3. Any thing or person of unnatural or excessive ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty.
Mon"ster, a.
Definition: Monstrous in size. Pope.
Mon"ster, v. t.
Definition: To make monstrous. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.