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.
ANGLICISM
Anglicism, Britishism
(noun) a custom that is peculiar to England or its citizens
Anglicism, Briticism, Britishism
(noun) an expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
anglicism (plural anglicisms)
A word or other feature originating in the English language that has been borrowed by another language.
A Briticism.
A cultural aspect typical of the English people.
Coordinate terms
Noun
Anglicism (plural Anglicisms)
Alternative letter-case form of anglicism
Source: Wiktionary
An"gli*cism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. anglicisme.]
1. An English idiom; a phrase or form language peculiar to the English. Dryden.
2. The quality of being English; an English characteristic, custom, or method.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
16 November 2024
LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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