The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
PROSENCEPHALON
forebrain, prosencephalon
(noun) the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
prosencephalon (plural prosencephalons or prosencephala)
(neuroanatomy) Forebrain.
Source: Wiktionary
Pros`en*ceph"a*lon, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. encephalon.] [Sometimes abbreviated to proen.] (Anat.) (a) The anterior segment of the brain, including the cerebrum and olfactory lobes; the forebrain. (b) The cerebrum. Huxley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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