In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
SYNOPTICS
Noun
Synoptics
plural of Synoptic
Anagrams
• cytospins, syncopist
Source: Wiktionary
SYNOPTIC
Syn*op"tic, Syn*op"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. synoptique. See Synopsis.]
Definition: Affording a general view of the whole, or of the principal parts of a thing; as, a synoptic table; a synoptical statement of an argument. "The synoptic Gospels." Alford.
– Syn*op"tic*al*ly, adv.
Syn*op"tic, n.
Definition: One of the first three Gospels of the New Testament. See Synoptist.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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