ELEVENSES


Meaning of ELEVENSES in English

/i lev"euhn ziz/ , n. Brit.

1. ( usually used with a pl. v. ) a midmorning break for refreshments.

2. the refreshments taken.

[ 1860-65; orig. dial.; doubly pluralized form of ELEVEN, perh. as ellipsis of eleven hours eleven o'clock ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .