An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
ABRUPTNESS
abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness
(noun) an abrupt discourteous manner
abruptness, precipitateness, precipitousness, precipitance, precipitancy, suddenness
(noun) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
abruptness, precipitousness, steepness
(noun) the property possessed by a slope that is very steep
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
abruptness (usually uncountable, plural abruptnesses)
The state of being abrupt or broken [First attested in the early 17th century.]
Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
Synonyms
• (suddenness): spontaneity, subitaneousness; see also suddenness
Source: Wiktionary
Ab*rupt"ness, n.
1. The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness.
2. Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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