The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
HYLOZOISM
Etymology
Noun
hylozoism (countable and uncountable, plural hylozoisms)
A philosophical doctrine espousing that all or some material things possess life, or that all life is inseparable from matter.
Source: Wiktionary
Hy`lo*zo"ism, n. Etym: [Gr. hylozoïsme.]
Definition: The doctrine that matter possesses a species of life and sensation, or that matter and life are inseparable. [R.] Cudworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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