An article published in Harvard Menâs 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.
BRILLIANCE
magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness
(noun) the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; âfor magnificence and personal service there is the Queenâs hotelâ; âhis âHamletâ lacks the brilliance that one expectsâ; âit is the university that gives the scene its stately splendorâ; âan imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful artâ; âadvertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their productsâ
glare, blaze, brilliance
(noun) a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; âa glare of sunlightâ
brilliance, genius
(noun) unusual mental ability
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
brilliance (usually uncountable, plural brilliances)
The quality of being exceptionally effulgent (giving off light).
The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity.
(chiefly British) Magnificence; resplendence.
Source: Wiktionary
Bril"liance, n.
Definition: Brilliancy. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUPERFETATION
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