Word of the Day – Elevenses

Elevenses (noun)

el-ev-en-siz

a midmorning break for refreshments

First recorded in 1840–65 and chiefly in British English usage.Originally a dialect of elevens, meaning “an eleven-o’clock meal.” Doubly pluralized form of eleven, perhaps as ellipsis of eleven hours (eleven o’clock).

Example sentences

“We set off for the hike hours ago, it was time to sit on a rock for elevenses.”