In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
REMOTIONS
Noun
remotions
plural of remotion
Anagrams
• Monroeist, Monteiros, motioners, trominoes
Source: Wiktionary
REMOTION
Re*mo"tion (r-m"shn), n. Etym: [L. remotio. See Remove.]
1. The act of removing; removal. [Obs.] This remotion of the duke and her Is practice only. Shak.
2. The state of being remote; remoteness. [R.] The whitish gleam [of the stars] was the mask conferred by the enormity of their remotion. De Quincey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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