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.”
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