The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
IRRIGUOUS
Adjective
irriguous (comparative more irriguous, superlative most irriguous)
(archaic, poetic) well-watered
Source: Wiktionary
Ir*rig"u*ous, a. Etym: [L. irriguus. See Irrigate.]
1. Watered; watery; moist; dewy. [Obs.] The flowery lap Of some irriguous valley spreads her store. Milton.
2. Gently penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] J. Philips.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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