In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
speciosity (countable and uncountable, plural speciosities)
(uncountable) The state or quality of being specious.
(countable, rare, mostly, in the plural) A specious action, promise, ideology, etc.
Source: Wiktionary
Spe`ci*os"i*ty, n.; pl. Speciocities. Etym: [Cf. LL. speciositas.]
1. The quality or state of being specious; speciousness. Professions built so largely on speciosity, instead of performance. Carlyle.
2. That which is specious. Dr. H. More.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.