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.
BESMEAR
bedaub, besmear
(verb) spread or daub (a surface)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
besmear (third-person singular simple present besmears, present participle besmearing, simple past and past participle besmeared)
(transitive) To smear over; smear all over; sully.
Anagrams
• Beamers, Bermeas, beamers
Source: Wiktionary
Be*smear", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besmeared; p. pr. & vb. n. Besmearing.]
Definition: To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil. Besmeared with precious balm. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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