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.
FINICKY
finical, finicky, fussy, particular, picky
(adjective) exacting especially about details; “a finicky eater”; “fussy about clothes”; “very particular about how her food was prepared”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
finicky (comparative finickier or more finicky, superlative finickiest or most finicky)
(informal, of a person) Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.
Synonyms: fastidious, fussy, Thesaurus:fastidious
(informal) Demanding; requiring above-normal care.
Usage notes
• The forms finickier and finickiest also exist, but are quite rare, and perhaps nonstandard. The forms more finicky and most finicky are much more common, and certainly standard.
Source: Wiktionary
Fin"ick*ing, Fin"ick*y, a.
Definition: Finical; unduly particular. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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