In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
OAFISH
boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish
(adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; “was boorish and insensitive”; “the loutish manners of a bully”; “her stupid oafish husband”; “aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
oafish (comparative more oafish, superlative most oafish)
Characteristic of or resembling an oaf; clumsy, stupid.
Source: Wiktionary
Oaf"ish, a.
Definition: Like an oaf; simple.
– Oaf"ish*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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