In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
OPHIDIOID
O*phid"i*oid, a. Etym: [Ophidion + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the Ophidiidæ, a family of fishes which includes many slender species.
– n.
Definition: One of the Ophidiidæ.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
25 February 2025
ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
Coffee Trivia
