The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
SIGHTLINESS
Etymology
Noun
sightliness (uncountable)
The state or condition of being sightly; attractiveness, beauty.
Anagrams
• insightless
Source: Wiktionary
Sight"li*ness, n.
Definition: The state of being sightly; comeliness; conspicuousness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESCRIPTIVE
(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
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