The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
GAUDINESS
garishness, gaudiness
(noun) strident color or excessive ornamentation
flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, brashness, meretriciousness, tawdriness, glitz
(noun) tasteless showiness
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gaudiness (countable and uncountable, plural gaudinesses)
Pretension in appearance; looking overly and distastefully adorned.
Anagrams
• Agnus Deis
Source: Wiktionary
Gaud"i*ness, n.
Definition: The quality of being gaudy. Whitlock.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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