The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
Motes
plural of Mote
• -stome, Tomes, mesto, moste, o-stem, smote, tomes
motes
plural of mote
• -stome, Tomes, mesto, moste, o-stem, smote, tomes
Source: Wiktionary
Mote, v.
Definition: See 1st Mot. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mote, n. Etym: [See Moot, a meeting.] [Obs., except in a few combinations or phrases.]
1. A meeting of persons for discussion; as, a wardmote in the city of London.
2. A body of persons who meet for discussion, esp. about the management of affairs; as, a folkmote.
3. A place of meeting for discussion. Mote bell, the bell rung to summon to a mote. [Obs.]
Mote, n.
Definition: The flourish sounded on a horn by a huntsman. See Mot, n., 3, and Mort. Chaucer.
Mote, n. Etym: [OE. mot, AS. mot.]
Definition: A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck. The little motes in the sun do ever stir, though there be no wind. Bacon. We are motes in the midst of generations. Landor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 June 2025
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.