The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
chimerical
(adjective) produced by a wildly fanciful imagination; “his Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists”- Douglas Bush
chimeric, chimerical, chimeral
(adjective) being or relating to or like a chimera; “his Utopia is not as chimeric commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists”- Douglas Bush
Source: WordNet® 3.1
chimerical (comparative more chimerical, superlative most chimerical)
Of or pertaining to a chimera.
Being a figment of the imagination; fantastic (in the archaic sense).
Inherently fantastic; wildly fanciful.
Resulting from the expression of two or more genes that originally coded for separate proteins.
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Source: Wiktionary
Chi*mer"ic*al, a.
Definition: Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects.
Syn.
– Imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wild; unfounded; vain; deceitful; delusive.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 January 2025
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.