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.
AGONISTIC
agonistic, strained
(adjective) struggling for effect; “agonistic poses”
agonistic, agonistical, combative
(adjective) striving to overcome in argument; “a dialectical and agonistic approach”
agonistic
(adjective) of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
agonistic (comparative more agonistic, superlative most agonistic)
of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic
(zoology, anthropology) characterised by conflict or hostility
(rhetoric) argumentative; combative
Struggling to achieve an effect; strained and contrived.
(pharmaceutical effect, biochemistry) pertaining to an agonist
Anagrams
• sociating
Source: Wiktionary
Ag`o*nis"tic, Ag`o*nis"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. Agonism.]
Definition: Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural. As a scholar, he [Dr. Parr] was brilliant, but he consumed his power in agonistic displays. De Quincey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HYDRAULIC
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