The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
FERTILITIES
Noun
fertilities
plural of fertility
Source: Wiktionary
FERTILITY
Fer*til"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. fertilitas: cf. F. fertilité.]
Definition: The state or quality of being fertile or fruitful; fruitfulness; productiveness; fecundity; richness; abundance of resources; fertile invention; quickness; readiness; as, the fertility of soil, or of imagination. "fertility of resource." E. Everett. And all her husbandry doth lie on heaps Corrupting in its own fertility. Shak. Thy very weeds are beautiful; thy waste More rich than other climes' fertility. Byron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CRAZY
(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement; “the crowd went crazy”; “was crazy to try his new bicycle”
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