The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
DISMAN
Etymology
Verb
disman (third-person singular simple present dismans, present participle dismanning, simple past and past participle dismanned)
(obsolete, transitive) To deprive of men.
Synonym: unman
(obsolete, transitive) To deprive of human character.
Anagrams
• admins, aminds, damsin, danims, manids
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*man", v. t.
Definition: To unman. [Obs.] Feltham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
28 April 2024
POLYGENIC
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
Coffee Trivia
