In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
MULIEBRITIES
Noun
muliebrities
plural of muliebrity
(obsolete) plural of muliebritie
Source: Wiktionary
MULIEBRITY
Mu`li*eb"ri*ty, n. Etym: [L. muliebritas, fr. muliebris belonging to a woman, fr. mulier a woman.]
1. The state of being a woman or of possessing full womanly powers; womanhood; -- correlate of virility.
2. Hence: Effeminancy; softness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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