The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
WITING
Noun
witing (uncountable)
Obsolete spelling of witting.
Verb
witing
present participle of wite
Anagrams
• wing it
Source: Wiktionary
Wit"ing, n. Etym: [See Wit, v.]
Definition: Knowledge. [Obs.] "Withouten witing of any other wight." Chaucer.
WITE
Wite, v. t. Etym: [AS. witan; akin to D. wijten, G. verweisen, Icel. vita to mulct, and E. wit; cf. AS. witan to see, L. animadvertere to observe, to punish. Wit, v.]
Definition: To reproach; to blame; to censure; also, to impute as blame. [Obs. or Scot.] Spenser. Though that I be jealous, wite me not. Chaucer. There if that I misspeak or say, Wite it the ale of Southwark, I you pray. Chaucer.
Wite, n. Etym: [AS. wite punishment. Wite, v.]
Definition: Blame; reproach. [Obs. or Scot.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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