The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
COSMICAL
Adjective
cosmical (comparative more cosmical, superlative most cosmical)
(archaic) Cosmic.
(astronomy, dated) Rising or setting with the sun; not acronycal.
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• Climacos
Source: Wiktionary
Cos"mic (kz"mk), Cos"mic*al (-m-kal), a. Etym: [Gr. kosmiko`s of the world, fr. ko`smos: cf. F. cosmique. See Cosmos.]
1. Pertaining to the universe, and having special reference to universal law or order, or to the one grand harmonious system of things; hence; harmonious; orderly.
2. Pertaining to the solar system as a whole, and not to the earth alone.
3. Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast; as, cosmic speed. "Cosmic ranges of time." Tyndall.
4. (Astron.)
Definition: Rising or setting with the sun; -- the opposite of acronycal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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