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.
DIALLAGE
Etymology
Noun
diallage (plural diallages)
A figure of speech in which multiple arguments are brought to bear on a single point
(mineral) A green form of pyroxene.
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Source: Wiktionary
Di*al"la*ge, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Definition: A figure by which arguments are placed in various points of view, and then turned to one point. Smart.
Di"al*lage, n. Etym: [Gr. (Min.)
Definition: A dark green or bronze-colored laminated variety of pyroxene, common in certain igneous rocks.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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