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.
ASSONANT
assonant
(adjective) having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables
assonant
(adjective) having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables; “note the assonant words and syllables in ‘tilting at windmills’”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
assonant (comparative more assonant, superlative most assonant)
Characterized by assonance; having successive similar vowel sounds.
Usage notes
• Not to be confused with asonant.
Anagrams
• nanosats
Source: Wiktionary
As"so*nant, a. Etym: [L. assonans, p. pr. of assonare to sound to, to correspond to in sound; ad + sonare to sound, sonus sound: cf. F. assonant. See Sound.]
1. Having a resemblance of sounds.
2. (Pros.)
Definition: Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called assonance; not consonant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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