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.
ATTRITE
Etymology 1
Verb
attrite (third-person singular simple present attrites, present participle attriting, simple past and past participle attrited)
Alternative form of attrit
Etymology 2
Adjective
attrite (comparative more attrite, superlative most attrite)
regretful of one's wrongdoing merely due to fear of punishment (compare contrite)
worn by rubbing or friction
Anagrams
• tattier, titrate
Source: Wiktionary
At*trite", a. Etym: [L. attritus, p. p. of atterere; ad + terere to rub. See Trite.]
1. Rubbed; worn by friction. Milton.
2. (Theol.)
Definition: Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to contrite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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