The expression ācoffee breakā was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
INCIPIENCE
incipiency, incipience
(noun) beginning to exist or to be apparent; āhe placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850ā; āit is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiencyā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
incipience (countable and uncountable, plural incipiences)
A beginning, or first stage.
Source: Wiktionary
In*cip"i*ence, In*cip"i*en*cy, n. Etym: [L. incipientia.]
Definition: Beginning; commencement; incipient state.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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