In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
PENALITY
Etymology
Noun
penality (countable and uncountable, plural penalities)
The quality or state of being penal; liability to punishment.
Anagrams
• ptyaline
Source: Wiktionary
Pe*nal"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. poenalitas. See Penalty.]
Definition: The quality or state of being penal; lability to punishment. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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