The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
LUXURIANTLY
luxuriantly
(adverb) in an elegantly luxuriant way; “this suave, culture-loving and luxuriantly good-looking M.P.represents the car-workers of Coventry”
luxuriantly
(adverb) in an abundant and luxuriant manner; “whiskers grew luxuriantly from his ample jowls”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
luxuriantly (comparative more luxuriantly, superlative most luxuriantly)
In a luxuriant manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Lux*u"ri*ant*ly, adv.
Definition: In a luxuriant manner.
LUXURIANT
Lux*u"ri*ant, a. Etym: [L. luxurians, p. pr. of luxuriare: cf. F. luxuriant. See Luxuriate.]
Definition: Exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; very abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of grass; luxuriant foliage. Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth refine. Pope. Luxuriant flower (Bot.), one in which the floral envelopes are overdeveloped at the expense of the essential organs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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