In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
ZOONOMY
Etymology
Noun
zoonomy (uncountable)
(zoology) The laws of animal life, or the science dealing with the phenomena of animal life and their causes and relations.
Source: Wiktionary
Zo*ön"o*my, n. Etym: [Zoö- + Gr. zoonomie.]
Definition: The laws animal life, or the science which treats of the phenomena of animal life, their causes and relations.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNSEASONED
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
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