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.
COGNOMINA
COGNOMEN
surname, family name, cognomen, last name
(noun) the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member’s given name)
nickname, moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet, byname
(noun) a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person’s given name); “Joe’s mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph”; “Henry’s nickname was Slim”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
cognomina
plural of cognomen
Source: Wiktionary
COGNOMEN
Cog*no"men, n. Etym: [L.: co- + (g)nomen name.]
1. The last of the three names of a person among the ancient Romans, denoting his house or family.
2. (Eng. Law)
Definition: A surname.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
2 April 2025
COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
Coffee Trivia
