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.
FASCINATION
fascination
(noun) the capacity to attract intense interest; “he held the children spellbound with magic tricks and other fascinations”
captivation, enchantment, enthrallment, fascination
(noun) a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
fascination, captivation
(noun) the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fascination (countable and uncountable, plural fascinations)
(archaic) The act of bewitching, or enchanting
Synonyms: enchantment, witchcraft
The state or condition of being fascinated.
Something which fascinates.
Source: Wiktionary
Fas`ci*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. fascinatio; cf. F. fascination.]
1. The act of fascinating, bewhiching, or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft; the exercise of a powerful or irresistible influence on the affections or passions; unseen, inexplicable influence. The Turks hang old rags . . . upon their fairest horses, and other goodly creatures, to secure them against fascination. Waller.
2. The state or condition of being fascinated.
3. That which fascinates; a charm; a spell. There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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