In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
QUIETUSES
Noun
quietuses
plural of quietus
Source: Wiktionary
QUIETUS
Qui*e"tus, n. Etym: [LL. quietus quit, discharged, L., at rest, quiet, dead. See Quiet, a., and cf. Quit, a.]
Definition: Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death. When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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