The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
ANN
Etymology
Noun
ann (plural anns)
Obsolete spelling of annate
Anagrams
• NAN, NaN, Nan, nan
Etymology
Proper noun
Ann
A female given name from Hebrew.
Usage notes
• Popular since the fourteenth century due to the medieval cult of Saint Anne, the apocryphal mother of the Virgin Mary.
• A very common middle name since the 20th century.
Noun
Ann (plural Anns)
Abbreviation of anniversary.
Adjective
Ann (not comparable)
Abbreviation of annual.
Anagrams
• NAN, NaN, Nan, nan
Noun
ANN (plural ANNs)
Initialism of artificial neural network.
(internet) Abbreviation of announcement. (in e-mail or newsgroup subject lines)
Anagrams
• NAN, NaN, Nan, nan
Source: Wiktionary
Ann, An"nat, n. Etym: [LL. annata income of a year, also, of half a year, fr. L. annus year: cf. F. annate annats.] (Scots Law)
Definition: A half years's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister's heirs after his decease.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
3 July 2025
SENSE
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
Coffee Trivia
