The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
PLAINTIVE
mournful, plaintive
(adjective) expressing sorrow
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
plaintive (comparative more plaintive, superlative most plaintive)
Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.
Source: Wiktionary
Plain"tive, a. Etym: [F. plaintif. See Plaintiff, n.]
1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. Dryden.
2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. "The most plaintive ditty." Landor.
– Plain"tive*ly, adv.
– Plain"tive*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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POLYGENIC
(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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