In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
STUPRATE
Etymology
Verb
stuprate (third-person singular simple present stuprates, present participle stuprating, simple past and past participle stuprated)
(transitive, archaic) To ravish; to debauch.
Anagrams
• upstater
Source: Wiktionary
Stu"prate, v. t. Etym: [L. stupratus, p.p. of stuprare to ravish, fr. stuprum defilement.]
Definition: To ravish; to debauch. [R.] Heywood.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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