In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
RECENCY
recency, recentness
(noun) the property of having happened or appeared not long ago
recency, recentness
(noun) a time immediately before the present
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
recency (usually uncountable, plural recencies)
The property of being recent; newness.
Synonym: recentness
Source: Wiktionary
Re"cen*cy, n. Etym: [LL. recentia, fr. L. recens. See Recent.]
Definition: The state or quality of being recent; newness; new state; late origin; lateness in time; freshness; as, the recency of a transaction, of a wound, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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