Past tense of breakfast; ate the first meal of the day.
From 'breakfast,' which combines 'break' (to end a fast) + 'fast' (abstaining from food). The word emerged in Middle English as an actual description of what morning eating does—it ends the overnight fasting period.
The word 'breakfast' is one of the few English words that literally describes what it means: you're breaking your fast from sleeping! Most people use it without realizing they're speaking ancient nutritional wisdom every morning.
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