An article published in Harvard Menās 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.
HARLEQUINS
Noun
harlequins
plural of harlequin
Source: Wiktionary
HARLEQUIN
Har"le*quin, n. Etym: [F. arlequin,formerly written also harlequin (cf. It, arlecchino), prob. fr. OF. hierlekin, hellequin, goblin, elf, which is prob. of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. hel hell. Cf. Hell, Kin.]
Definition: A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy. Percy Smith. As dumb harlequin is exhibited in our theaters. Johnson. Harlequin bat (Zoƶl.), an Indian bat (Scotophilus ornatus), curiously variegated with white spots.
– Harlequin beetle (Zoƶl.), a very large South American beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) having very long legs and antennƦ. The elytra are curiously marked with red, black, and gray.
– Harlequin cabbage bug. (Zoƶl.) See Calicoback.
– Harlequin caterpillar. (Zoƶl.), the larva of an American bombycid moth (EuchƦtes egle) which is covered with black, white, yellow, and orange tufts of hair.
– Harlequin duck (Zoƶl.), a North American duck (Histrionicus histrionicus). The male is dark ash, curiously streaked with white.
– Harlequin moth. (Zoƶl.) See Magpie Moth.
– Harlequin opal. See Opal.
– Harlequin snake (Zoƶl.), a small, poisonous snake (Elaps fulvius), ringed with red and black, found in the Southern United States.
Har"le*quin, n. i.
Definition: To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
Har"le*quin, v. t.
Definition: Toremove or conjure away, as by a harlequin's trick. And kitten,if the humor hit Has harlequined away the fit. M. Green.
HARLEQUIN
Har"le*quin, n. Etym: [F. arlequin,formerly written also harlequin (cf. It, arlecchino), prob. fr. OF. hierlekin, hellequin, goblin, elf, which is prob. of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. hel hell. Cf. Hell, Kin.]
Definition: A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy. Percy Smith. As dumb harlequin is exhibited in our theaters. Johnson. Harlequin bat (Zoƶl.), an Indian bat (Scotophilus ornatus), curiously variegated with white spots.
– Harlequin beetle (Zoƶl.), a very large South American beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) having very long legs and antennƦ. The elytra are curiously marked with red, black, and gray.
– Harlequin cabbage bug. (Zoƶl.) See Calicoback.
– Harlequin caterpillar. (Zoƶl.), the larva of an American bombycid moth (EuchƦtes egle) which is covered with black, white, yellow, and orange tufts of hair.
– Harlequin duck (Zoƶl.), a North American duck (Histrionicus histrionicus). The male is dark ash, curiously streaked with white.
– Harlequin moth. (Zoƶl.) See Magpie Moth.
– Harlequin opal. See Opal.
– Harlequin snake (Zoƶl.), a small, poisonous snake (Elaps fulvius), ringed with red and black, found in the Southern United States.
Har"le*quin, n. i.
Definition: To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
Har"le*quin, v. t.
Definition: Toremove or conjure away, as by a harlequin's trick. And kitten,if the humor hit Has harlequined away the fit. M. Green.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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