The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
OBTEMPERATED
Verb
obtemperated
simple past tense and past participle of obtemperate
Source: Wiktionary
OBTEMPERATE
Ob*tem"per*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. obtemperare, obtemperatum to obey.]
Definition: To obey. [Obs.] Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
13 November 2024
OSTENSIBLE
(adjective) appearing as such but not necessarily so; “for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent”; “the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies”; “the ostensible truth of their theories”; “his seeming honesty”
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