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.
DOLOROUS
dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping
(adjective) showing sorrow
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
dolorous (comparative more dolorous, superlative most dolorous)
Solemnly or ponderously sad.
Source: Wiktionary
Dol"or*ous, a. Etym: [L. dolorosus, from dolor: cf. F. douloureux. See Dolor.]
1. Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a dolorous object; dolorous discourses. You take me in too dolorous a sense; I spake to you for your comfort. Shak.
2. Occasioning pain or grief; painful. Their dispatch is quick, and less dolorous than the paw of the bear or teeth of the lion. Dr. H. More.
– Dol"or*ous*ly, adv.
– Dol"or*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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