In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
TROPPO
Etymology
Adjective
troppo (not comparable)
(Australia, slang, with "go") Crazy, mad, strangely behaving; especially as attributed to hot weather.
Usage notes
Used in the verb go troppo — to go crazy, to act strangely, as due to tropical heat.
Synonyms
• bonkers
• doolally, from doolally tap
Source: Wiktionary
Trop"po, adv. [It.] (Mus.)
Definition: Too much; as, allegro ma non troppo, brisk but not too much so.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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