The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
lurider
comparative form of lurid
• lurried
Source: Wiktionary
Lu"rid, a. Etym: [L. luridus.]
1. Pale yellow; ghastly pale; wan; gloomy; dismal. Fierce o'er their beauty blazed the lurid flame. Thomson. Wrapped in drifts of lurid smoke On the misty river tide. Tennyson.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Having a brown color tonged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Of a color tinged with purple, yellow, and gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 November 2024
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.