The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
reguluses
plural of regulus
Source: Wiktionary
Reg"u*lus (-ls), n.; pl. E. Reguluses (-Reguli (-l. Etym: [L., a petty king, prince, dim. of rex, regis, a king: cf. F. régule. See Regal.]
1. A petty king; a ruler of little power or consequence.
2. (Chem. & Metal.)
Definition: The button, globule, or mass of metal, in a more or less impure state, which forms in the bottom of the crucible in smelting and reduction of ores.
Note: The name was introduced by the alchemists, and applied by them in the first instance to antimony. Ilittle king; and from the facility with which antimony alloyed with gold, these empirical philosophers had great hopes that this metal, antimony, would lead them to the discovery of the philosopher's stone. Ure.
3. (Astron.)
Definition: A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Leo; -- called also the Lion's Heart.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.