In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
tergiversations
plural of tergiversation
• reinvestigators
Source: Wiktionary
Ter`gi*ver*sa"tion, n. Etym: [L. tergiversario: cf. F. tergiversation.]
1. The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion. Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences, as being freer from passions and tergiversations. Abp. Bramhall.
2. Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change. The colonel, after all his tergiversations, lost his life in the king's service. Clarendon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 March 2025
(noun) the two innermost layers of the meninges; cerebrospinal fluid circulates between these innermost layers
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.