The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
PERSE
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Perse
(Greek god) An Oceanid, (one of the three thousand daughters of the Titans' Oceanus and Tethys), and the wife of the sun god, Helios, with who she is the mother of Aeetes, Perses, Pasiphae and Circe. One of her many sisters is Amphitrite, (the wife of Poseidon). Perse is also closely identified with Hecate.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Perse
A rare surname.
Anagrams
• Esper, Peers, Spree, esper, peers, pères, speer, spere, spree
Etymology
Noun
perse (countable and uncountable, plural perses)
A dark blue-gray colour.
A cloth of this colour.
Adjective
perse
Dark greyish blue or purple.
Anagrams
• Esper, Peers, Spree, esper, peers, pères, speer, spere, spree
Source: Wiktionary
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19 April 2025
CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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