In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
SCORNERS
Noun
scorners
plural of scorner
Source: Wiktionary
SCORNER
Scorn"er, n.
Definition: One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, a scoffer at religion. "Great scorners of death." Spenser. Superly he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. Prov. iii. 34.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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