In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
SPONDEES
Noun
spondees
plural of spondee
Anagrams
• Snopesed, dopeness, snopesed
Source: Wiktionary
SPONDEE
Spon"dee, n. Etym: [L. spondeus, Gr. spondée. So called because at libations slow, solemn melodies were used, chiefly in this meter.] (pros.)
Definition: A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word leges.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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