The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
DEVIATORY
Etymology
Adjective
deviatory (comparative more deviatory, superlative most deviatory)
Tending to deviate.
And I do not question but to satisfie your Scruples, and remove your Prejudices about the Deviatory Motion of the Atoms, the Bigness of the Sun, and the reasonableness of the Improvements made by Epicurus upon Democritus.
Source: Wiktionary
De"vi*a*to*ry, a.
Definition: Tending to deviate; devious; as, deviatory motion. [R.] Tully.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SQUARE
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
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