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.
HUMPBACKED
crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked, gibbous, kyphotic
(adjective) characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
humpbacked (comparative more humpbacked, superlative most humpbacked)
Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.
Synonyms
• (medical condition): hunchbacked, kyphotic
Verb
humpbacked
simple past tense and past participle of humpback
Source: Wiktionary
Hump"backed`, a.
Definition: Having a humped back.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
16 November 2024
LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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