The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
POSTPOSE
postpose
(verb) place after another constituent in the sentence; “Japanese postposes the adpositions, whereas English preposes them”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
postpose (third-person singular simple present postposes, present participle postposing, simple past and past participle postposed)
(grammar, transitive) To place (a word or phrase) after another in a sentence, especially in order to modify it
(obsolete, transitive) To postpone.
Coordinate terms
• prepose
Anagrams
• opposest
Source: Wiktionary
Post*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Postposing.] Etym: [F. postposer. See Post-, and Pose, v. t.]
Definition: To postpone. [Obs.] Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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