In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
SIBILANCE
Noun
sibilance (countable and uncountable, plural sibilances)
The quality of being sibilant: a hissing quality.
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Sib"i*lance, Sib"i*lan*cy, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being sibilant; sibilation. Milton would not have avoided them for their sibilancy, he who wrote . . . verses that hiss like Medusa's head in wrath. Lowell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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