The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
WESTERNISE
occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
(verb) make western in character; “The country was Westernized after it opened up”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
westernise (third-person singular simple present westernises, present participle westernising, simple past and past participle westernised)
Non-Oxford British standard spelling of westernize.
Source: Wiktionary
Word of the Day
16 November 2024
LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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