The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
IMPOSSIBILITIES
Noun
impossibilities
plural of impossibility
Source: Wiktionary
IMPOSSIBILITY
Im*pos`si*bil"i*ty, n.; pl. Impossibilities. Etym: [L. impossibilitas: cf. F. impossibilité.]
1. The quality of being impossible; impracticability. They confound difficulty with impossibility. South.
2. An impossible thing; that which can not be thought, done, or endured. Impossibilities! O, no, there's none. Cowley.
3. Inability; helplessness. [R.] Latimer. Logical impossibility, a condition or statement involving contradiction or absurdity; as, that a thing can be and not be at the same time. See Principle of Contradiction, under Contradiction.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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