In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
RECALCITRANCE
refractoriness, unmanageableness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy
(noun) the trait of being unmanageable
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
recalcitrance (countable and uncountable, plural recalcitrances)
The state of being recalcitrant.
Source: Wiktionary
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SENSE
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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