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.
HYPERMETER
Etymology
Noun
hypermeter (plural hypermeters)
A hypercatalectic line, i.e. with two syllables beyond the metrum.
A period with a redundant syllable.
Source: Wiktionary
Hy*per"me*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. hypermètre.]
1. (Pros.)
Definition: A verse which has a redundant syllable or foot; a hypercatalectic verse.
2. Hence, anything exceeding the ordinary standard. When a man rises beyond six foot, he is an hypermeter. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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