The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
STULTIFYING
Verb
stultifying
present participle of stultify
Adjective
stultifying (comparative more stultifying, superlative most stultifying)
Tending to stultify.
Anagrams
• sluttifying
Source: Wiktionary
STULTIFY
Stul"ti*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stultified; p. pr. & vb. n. Stultifying.] Etym: [L. stultus foolish + -fy.]
1. To make foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify one by imposition; to stultify one's self by silly reasoning or conduct. Burke.
2. To regard as a fool, or as foolish. [R.] The modern sciolist stultifies all understanding but his own, and that which he conceives like his own. Hazlitt.
3. (Law)
Definition: To allege or prove to be of unsound mind, so that the performance of some act may be avoided.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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