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.
FLURRIED
FLURRY
confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off
(verb) cause to feel embarrassment; “The constant attention of the young man confused her”
flurry
(verb) move in an agitated or confused manner
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
flurried
simple past tense and past participle of flurry
Adjective
flurried (comparative more flurried, superlative most flurried)
Agitated, confused.
Source: Wiktionary
Flur"ried, a.
Definition: Agitated; excited.
– Flur"ried*ly adv.
FLURRY
Flur"ry, n.; pl. Flurries. Etym: [Prov. E. flur to ruffle.]
1. A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze; as, a flurry of wind.
2. A light shower or snowfall accompanied with wind. Like a flurry of snow on the whistling wind. Longfellow.
3. Violent agitation; commotion; bustle; hurry. The racket and flurry of London. Blakw. Mag.
4. The violent spasms of a dying whale.
Flur"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flurried; p. pr. & vb. n. Flurrying.]
Definition: To put in a state of agitation; to excite or alarm. H. Swinburne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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