The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
pandects
plural of pandect
• scent pad
Source: Wiktionary
Pan"dect, n. Etym: [L. pandecta, pandectes, Gr. pandectes, pl.]
1. A treatise which comprehends the whole of any science. [Thou] a pandect mak'st, and universal book. Donne.
2. pl.
Definition: The digest, or abridgment, in fifty books, of the decisions, writings, and opinions of the old Roman jurists, made in the sixth century by direction of the emperor Justinian, and forming the leading compilation of the Roman civil law. Kent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 May 2024
(noun) a chronic disease of unknown cause marked by the formation of nodules in the lungs and liver and lymph glands and salivary glands
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.