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.
ALUMNUS
alumnus, alumna, alum, graduate, grad
(noun) a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
alumnus
A male pupil or student.
A male graduate.
A student of either gender.
A graduate of either gender.
Usage notes
Alumnus is used when the gender of the subject is unspecified.
Any alumnus may be invited to the reunion.
Hypernyms
• (of any gender): alum or alumn, alumni (often proscribed), alumnx
Source: Wiktionary
A*lum"nus, n.; pl. Alumni. Etym: [L., fr. alere to nourish.]
Definition: A pupil; especially, a graduate of a college or other seminary of learning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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