The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
EREMITIC
anchoritic, eremitic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical
(adjective) characterized by ascetic solitude; “the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony”; “his hermitic existence”
eremitic, eremitical
(adjective) of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living; “eremitic austerities”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
eremitic (comparative more eremitic, superlative most eremitic)
Characteristic of a hermit
Source: Wiktionary
Er`e*mit"ic, Er`e*mit"ic*al, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to an eremite; hermitical; living in solitude. "An eremitical life in the woods." Fuller. "The eremitic instinct." Lowell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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