The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
DEVERBAL
Etymology
Adjective
deverbal (not comparable)
(grammar, linguistics) Derived from a verb. Commonly used to describe nominalized verb forms in Navajo, as well as gerunds and adjectives in Russian.
Coordinate terms: denominal, deadjectival, denumeral, depronominal, deinterjectional
Noun
deverbal (plural deverbals)
(grammar, linguistics) A word, especially a substantive, that is derived from a verb.
Coordinate term: denominal
Synonyms
• deverbative (rare)
• verbal noun
Anagrams
• verbaled
Source: Wiktionary
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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