The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
ROSEATE
rose, roseate, rosaceous
(adjective) of something having a dusty purplish pink color; “the roseate glow of dawn”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
roseate (comparative more roseate, superlative most roseate)
(formal, mostly, zoology) Like the rose flower; pink; rosy.
Synonyms: pink, pinkish, rosy
Full of roses.
Anagrams
• roastee, tea rose
Source: Wiktionary
Ro"se*ate, a. Etym: [Cf. L. roseus, rosatus, prepared from roses. See Roseal, Rose.]
1. Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers.
2. resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her roseate lips. Roseate tern (Zoöl.), an American and European tern (Sterna Dougalli) whose breast is roseate in the breeding season.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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