The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
OBLIVION
obliviousness, oblivion
(noun) total forgetfulness; “he sought the great oblivion of sleep”
oblivion, limbo
(noun) the state of being disregarded or forgotten
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
oblivion (usually uncountable, plural oblivions)
The state of forgetting completely, of being oblivious, unconscious, unaware, as when sleeping, drunk, or dead.
The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, incl. through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.
(obsolete) Amnesty.
Synonyms
• forgetness
Antonyms
• resurrection
Verb
oblivion (third-person singular simple present oblivions, present participle oblivioning, simple past and past participle oblivioned)
(transitive) To consign to oblivion; to efface utterly.
Source: Wiktionary
Ob*liv"i*on, n. Etym: [L. oblivio, akin to oblivisci to forget: cf. OF. oblivion.]
1. The act of forgetting, or the state of being forgotten; cessation of remembrance; forgetfulness. Second childishness and mere oblivion. Shak. Among our crimes oblivion may be set. Dryden The origin of our city will be buried in eternal oblivion. W. Irving.
2. Official ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon; as, an act of oblivion. Sir J. Davies.
Syn.
– See Forgetfulness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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