The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
CONTROVERTIBLE
Etymology
Adjective
controvertible (comparative more controvertible, superlative most controvertible)
Open to questioning; that which can be denied, challenged, or disputed.
Synonym: disputable
Antonym: incontrovertible
Source: Wiktionary
Con`tro*ver"ti*ble, a.
Definition: Capable of being controverted; disputable; admitting of question.
– Con`tro*ver"ti*bly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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