In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
THIRSTINESS
hunger, hungriness, thirst, thirstiness
(noun) strong desire for something (not food or drink); “a thirst for knowledge”; “hunger for affection”
thirst, thirstiness
(noun) a physiological need to drink
aridity, aridness, thirstiness
(noun) a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
thirstiness (uncountable)
The property of being thirsty; thirst.
Source: Wiktionary
Thirst"i*ness, n.
Definition: The state of being thirsty; thirst.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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