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.
ANAPESTIC
anapestic, anapaestic
(adjective) (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
anapestic (comparative more anapestic, superlative most anapestic)
of, or relating to, or composed of an anapest.
of, or relating to, one of the distinct beats in a (human?) heartbeat pattern.
of, or relating to, a rhythmic pattern used in certain forms of poetry (see also limeric or limerick).
of, or relating to, certain beats in specific types of drum rhythms, e.g. specific beats within the part played by the "surdo" drum. Surdo literally means "deaf" in Brasilian Portuguese, and the surdo drums play the bass parts in a samba rhythm as performed by a batucada (drumming ensemble) during the Carnaval celebration.
Noun
anapestic (plural anapestics)
A verse that contains anapestic feet
Anagrams
• Capetians, antapices, anti-space, antispace, captaines
Source: Wiktionary
An`a*pes"tic, a. Etym: [L. anapaesticus, Gr.
Definition: Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as, an anapestic meter, foot, verse.
– n.
Definition: Anapestic measure or verse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENCYCLOPEDIA
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
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