The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
APTITUDE
aptitude
(noun) inherent ability
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
aptitude (countable and uncountable, plural aptitudes)
Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
Synonyms: talent, knack, Thesaurus:skill
The condition of being suitable.
Synonyms: appropriateness, suitability
Source: Wiktionary
Apt"i*tude, n. Etym: [F. aptitude, LL. aptitudo, fr. L. aptus. See Apt, and cf. Attitude.]
1. A natural or acquired disposition or capacity for a particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as, oil has an aptitude to burn. He seems to have had a peculiar aptitude for the management of irregular troops. Macaulay.
2. A general fitness or suitableness; adaptation. That sociable and helpful aptitude which God implanted between man and woman. Milton.
3. Readiness in learning; docility; aptness. He was a boy of remarkable aptitude. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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