The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
ANCY
-an*cy. Etym: [L. -antia.-]
Definition: A suffix expressing more strongly than -ance the idea of quality or state; as, constancy, buoyancy, infancy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RAREFACTION
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
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