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.
gnostic
(adjective) possessing intellectual or esoteric knowledge of spiritual things
Gnostic
(adjective) of or relating to Gnosticism; “Gnostic writings”
Gnostic
(noun) an advocate of Gnosticism
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Gnostic (not comparable)
Of, or relating to, intellectual or spiritual knowledge
Of, or relating to Gnosticism
Gnostic (plural Gnostics)
A believer in Gnosticism
• cognits, contigs, costing, scoting
gnostic
Alternative letter-case form of Gnostic
(archaic, slang) knowing; wise; shrewd
gnostic (plural gnostics)
Alternative letter-case form of Gnostic
• cognits, contigs, costing, scoting
Source: Wiktionary
Gnos"tic, a.
1. Knowing; wise; shrewd. [Old Slang] I said you were a gnostic fellow. Sir W. Scott.
2. (Eccl. Hist.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to Gnosticism or its adherents; as, the Gnostic heresy.
Gnos"tic, n. Etym: [L. gnosticus, Gr. gignw`skein to know: cf. F. gnostique. See Know.] (Eccl. Hist.)
Definition: One of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of Christianity, who claimed a true philosophical interpretation of the Christian religion. Their system combined Oriental theology and Greek philosophy with the doctrines of Christianity. They held that all natures, intelligible, intellectual, and material, are derived from the Deity by successive emanations, which they called Eons.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 June 2025
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
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.