The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
LENITION
Etymology
Noun
lenition (countable and uncountable, plural lenitions)
(phonetics, phonology) A weakening of articulation causing a consonant to become lenis (soft).
Antonym: fortition
Coordinate term: assimilation
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
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