The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
OPACOUS
Etymology
Adjective
opacous (not comparable)
(obsolete, chiefly, poetic) Not shining or illuminated; dark. [17th-20th c.]
(obsolete) Not allowing the passage of light; opaque. [17th-19th c.]
The upper wings are opacous; at their hinder ends, where they lap over, transparent, like the wing of a fly.
Source: Wiktionary
O*pa"cous, a. Etym: [L. opacus. See Opaque.]
Definition: Opaque. [R.] Milton.
– O*pa"cous*ness, n. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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