The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoric
(noun) high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; “the grandiosity of his prose”; “an excessive ornateness of language”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
magniloquence (countable and uncountable, plural magniloquences)
The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse.
Synonym: grandiloquence
Source: Wiktionary
Mag*nil"o*quence, n. Etym: [L. magniloquentia.]
Definition: The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 January 2025
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.