The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
ARRIDED
Verb
arrided
simple past tense and past participle of arride
Anagrams
• dardier
Source: Wiktionary
ARRIDE
Ar*ride", v. t. Etym: [L. arridere; ad + ridere to laugh.]
Definition: To please; to gratify. [Archaic] B. Jonson. Above all thy rarities, old Oxenford, what do most arride and solace me are thy repositories of moldering learning. Lamb.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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AFOREMENTIONED
(adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of; “works of all the aforementioned authors”; “said party has denied the charges”
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