The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
COMMIX
mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
(verb) to bring or combine together or with something else; “resourcefully he mingled music and dance”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
commix (third-person singular simple present commixes, present participle commixing, simple past and past participle commixed)
(transitive) To mix separate things together.
(intransitive) To become mixed; to amalgamate.
Source: Wiktionary
Com*mix", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Commixed; p. pr. & vb. n. Commixing.] Etym: [Pref. com+ + mix: cf. L. commixtus, p. p.of commiscere. See Mix.]
Definition: To mix or mingle together; to blend. The commixed impressions of all the colors do stir up and beget a sensation of white. Sir I. Newton. To commix With winds that sailors rail at. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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