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.
FRIBBLE
Etymology
Verb
fribble (third-person singular simple present fribbles, present participle fribbling, simple past and past participle fribbled)
To waste or fritter.
To behave in a frivolous way.
To totter.
Adjective
fribble (comparative more fribble, superlative most fribble)
Of little or no importance, frivolous.
Noun
fribble (plural fribbles)
A trifling action.
A trifler.
A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop.
Source: Wiktionary
Frib"ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. frivole, L. frivolus, or E. frippery.]
Definition: Frivolous; trifling; sily.
Frib"ble, n.
Definition: A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop. A pert fribble of a peer. Thackeray.
Frib"ble, v. i.
1. To act in a trifling or foolish manner; to act frivolously. The fools that are fribbling round about you. Thackeray.
2. To totter. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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