The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
EMPURPLE
purple, empurple, purpurate
(verb) color purple
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
empurple (third-person singular simple present empurples, present participle empurpling, simple past and past participle empurpled)
To make purple.
To enrage or anger, referring to making the face purple or red with blood.
Of writing, to make overly flowery or showy; to embellish unduly.
Source: Wiktionary
Em*pur"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empurpled; p. pr. & vb. n. Empurpling.] Etym: [Pref. em- + purple. Cf. Impurple.]
Definition: To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to impurple. "The deep empurpled ran." Philips.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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