The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
CLAVIS
Etymology
Noun
clavis (plural clavises or claves)
(archaeology) A Roman key.
A device for restraint of the hands.
A glossary.
(biology) A key; an identification guide; a series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
Synonyms
• (Roman key): key
• (device for restraint): shackles
• (glossary): glossary, idioticon, vocabulary
• (identification guide): conspectus, key
Anagrams
• Slavic, cavils
Source: Wiktionary
Cla"vis, n.; pl. L. Claves, E. Clavises. Etym: [L.]
Definition: A key; a glossary.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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