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.
CARBUNCLED
carbuncled
(adjective) set with carbuncles
carbuncled, carbuncular
(adjective) afflicted with or resembling a carbuncle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
carbuncled (comparative more carbuncled, superlative most carbuncled)
Set with carbuncles (red precious stones).
Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red sores; pimpled and blotched.
Source: Wiktionary
Car"bun*cled, a.
1. Set with carbuncles. He has deserves it [armor], were it carbuncled Like holy Phabus' car. Shak.
2. Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red sores; pimpled and blotched. "A carbuncled face." Brome.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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