In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
THISTLIEST
Adjective
thistliest
superlative form of thistly: most thistly
Source: Wiktionary
THISTLY
This"tly, a.
1. Overgrown with thistles; as, thistly ground.
2. Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking. In such a world, so thorny, and where none Finds happiness unblighted, or, if found, Without some thistly sorrow at its side. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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