The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
ADAGE
proverb, adage, saw, byword
(noun) a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
adage (plural adages)
An old saying which has obtained credit by long use
An old saying which has been overused or considered a cliché; a trite maxim
Synonyms
• proverb, colloquialism, apophthegm
• See also saying
Anagrams
• Gadea
Source: Wiktionary
Ad"age, n. Etym: [F. adage, fr. L. adagium; ad + the root of L. aio I say.]
Definition: An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb. Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," Like the poor cat i' the adage. Shak.
Syn.
– Axiom; maxim; aphorism; proverb; saying; saw; apothegm. See Axiom.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
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