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.
EFFEMINACY
effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanliness
(noun) the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man); “the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy”; “Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness”; “he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
effeminacy (countable and uncountable, plural effeminacies)
The quality of being effeminate.
Synonyms
• effeminateness
• invirility
• morbidezza
• niceness
• unmasculinity
• (obsolete) effemination
Source: Wiktionary
Ef*fem"i*na*cy, n.; pl. Effeminacies. Etym: [From Effeminate.]
Definition: Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of men. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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