In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
WITNEY
Proper noun
Witney
a town in West Oxfordshire, England.
Etymology
After Witney in Oxfordshire, where it was made.
Noun
witney (plural witneys)
(historical) A kind of woollen cloth.
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MOTIVE
(adjective) impelling to action; “it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function”- Arthur Pap; “motive pleas”; “motivating arguments”
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