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.
FLESHY
fleshy, heavy, overweight
(adjective) usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
fleshy, sarcoid
(adjective) of or relating to or resembling flesh
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
fleshy (comparative fleshier or more fleshy, superlative fleshiest or most fleshy)
Of, related to, or resembling flesh.
(of a person) Having considerable flesh; plump.
Usage notes
• Fleshy is not necessarily negative in connotation (as fat, for example) and may be used to describe men or women.
Synonyms
• (having considerable flesh): corpulent, full-figured, porky, pudgy, well-covered
Antonyms
• (having considerable flesh): bony, slender, slim
Anagrams
• shelfy
Source: Wiktionary
Flesh"y, a. [Compar. Fleshier; superl. Fleshiest.]
1. Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross. The sole of his foot is fleshy. Ray.
2. Human. [Obs.] "Fleshy tabernacle." Milton.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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