The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
ANAPEST
anapest, anapaest
(noun) a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
anapest (plural anapests)
(prosody) In qualitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two unstressed and one stressed (e.g, the word "interrupt").
(prosody) In quantitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short and one long (e.g, the word "velveteen").
(prosody) A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter, e.g.
Synonyms
• antidactylus
Anagrams
• Patanes, Pestana, patenas, peasant
Source: Wiktionary
An"a*pest, n. Etym: [L. anapaestus, Gr. i.e., a dactyl reserved, or, as it were, struck back; fr.
1. (Pros.)
Definition: A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented; the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d, and in English in-ter-vene, are examples of anapests.
2. A verse composed of such feet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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