In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
RUSTICATE
rusticate
(verb) lend a rustic character to; “rusticate the house in the country”
rusticate
(verb) give (stone) a rustic look
rusticate
(verb) send to the country; “He was rusticated for his bad behavior”
rusticate
(verb) live in the country and lead a rustic life
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
rusticate (third-person singular simple present rusticates, present participle rusticating, simple past and past participle rusticated)
(transitive, British) To suspend or expel from a college or university.
(transitive) To construct in a manner so as to produce jagged or heavily textured surfaces.
(transitive) To compel to live in or to send to the countryside; to cause to become rustic.
(intransitive) To go to reside in the country.
Anagrams
• urticates
Source: Wiktionary
Rus"ti*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rusticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Rusticating.] Etym: [L. rusticaticus, p. p. of rusticari to rusticate. See Rustic.]
Definition: To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize. Pope.
Rus"ti*cate, v. t.
Definition: To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily; to impose rustication on. The town is again beginning to be full, and the rusticated beauty sees an end of her banishment. Idler.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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