In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
NARCOLEPSY
narcolepsy
(noun) a sleep disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep; “he believes that narcolepsy is attributable to an inability to suppress REM sleep during waking”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
narcolepsy (countable and uncountable, plural narcolepsies)
(pathology) A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; “he writes stories for the magazines”
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