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.
DESCENDANT
descendant, descendent
(adjective) proceeding by descent from an ancestor; “descendent gene”
descendant, descendent
(adjective) going or coming down
descendant, descendent
(noun) a person considered as descended from some ancestor
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
descendant (not comparable)
descending from a biological ancestor.
proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.
Usage notes
The adjective may be spelled either with ant or ent as the final syllable (see descendent). The noun may be spelled only with ant.
Antonyms
• ascendant, ascendent, ascending
Noun
descendant (plural descendants)
(literally) One who is the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
(figuratively) A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
(biology) A later evolutionary type.
(linguistics) A language that is descended from another.
(linguistics) A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
Usage notes
The adjective may be spelled either with ant or ent as the final syllable (see descendent). The noun may be spelled only with ant.
Synonyms
• (offspring): afterbear, offspring, scion, and see child & relative
Antonyms
• ascendant
• ancestor
• forebear
Source: Wiktionary
De*scend"ant, a. Etym: [F. descendant, p. pr. of descendre. Cf. Descendent.]
Definition: Descendent.
De*scend"ant, n.
Definition: One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant. Our first parents and their descendants. Hale. The descendant of so many kings and emperors. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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