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.
CACHET
cachet
(noun) a seal on a letter
cachet, lettre de cachet
(noun) a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal
cachet, seal, seal of approval
(noun) an indication of approved or superior status
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cachet (countable and uncountable, plural cachets)
(archaic) A seal, as of a letter.
(figurative) A special characteristic or quality; prestige.
Synonyms: charm, je ne sais quoi, magic touch, oomph, zing
(philately) A commemorative stamped design or inscription on an envelope, other than a cancellation or pre-printed postage.
A sealed envelope containing an item whose price is being negotiated.
(medicine) A capsule containing a pharmaceutical preparation.
A hidden location from which one can observe birds while remaining unseen.
Usage notes
Sometimes confused with cache.
Verb
cachet (third-person singular simple present cachets, present participle cacheting, simple past and past participle cacheted)
(transitive, philately) To mark (an envelope) with a commemorative stamped design or inscription.
Source: Wiktionary
Cach"et, n. Etym: [F. fr. cacher to hide.]
Definition: A seal, as of a letter. Lettre de cachet Etym: [F.], a sealed letter, especially a letter or missive emanating from the sovereign;
– much used in France before the Revolution as an arbitrary order of imprisonment.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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