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.
FUGITIVE
fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary
(adjective) lasting for a markedly brief time; “a fleeting glance”; “fugitive hours”; “rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass”; “a momentary glimpse”
fugitive, fugitive from justice
(noun) someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
fugitive, runaway, fleer
(noun) someone who flees from an uncongenial situation; “fugitives from the sweatshops”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fugitive (plural fugitives)
A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal his/her identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution; or to avoid some other unwanted situation.
Synonyms
• abscotchalater (archaic)
• nomad
• wanderer
• runaway
Adjective
fugitive (comparative more fugitive, superlative most fugitive)
fleeing or running away
transient, fleeting or ephemeral
elusive or difficult to retain
Source: Wiktionary
Fu"gi*tive, a. Etym: [OE. fugitif, F. fugitif, fr. L. fugitivus, fr. fugere to flee. See Bow to bend, and cf. Feverfew.]
1. Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor. The fugitive Parthians follow. Shak. Can a fugitive daughter enjoy herself while her parents are in tear Richardson A libellous pamphlet of a fugitive physician. Sir H. Wotton.
2. Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away; volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; -- applied to material and immaterial things; as, fugitive colors; a fugitive idea. The me more tender and fugitive parts, the leaves . . . of vegatables. Woodward. Fugitive compositions, Such as are short and occasional, and so published that they quickly escape notice.
Syn.
– Fleeting; unstable; wandering; uncertain; volatile; fugacious; fleeing; evanescent.
Fu"gi*tive, n.
1. One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice.
2. Something hard to be caught or detained. Or Catch that airy fugitive called wit. Harte. Fugitive from justice (Law), one who, having committed a crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another to avoid punishment.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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