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.
INFAMY
infamy
(noun) evil fame or public reputation
infamy, opprobrium
(noun) a state of extreme dishonor; “a date which will live in infamy”- F.D.Roosevelt; “the name was a by-word of scorn and opprobrium throughout the city”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
infamy (countable and uncountable, plural infamies)
The state of being infamous.
A reputation as being evil.
A reprehensible occurrence or situation.
(legal) A stigma attaching to a person's character that disqualifies them from being a witness.
Source: Wiktionary
In"fa*my, n.; pl. Infamies. Etym: [L. infamia, fr. infamis infamous; pref. in- not + fama fame: cf. F. infamie. See Fame.]
1. Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity. The afflicted queen would not yield, and said she would not . . . submit to such infamy. Bp. Burnet.
2. A quality which exposes to disgrace; extreme baseness or vileness; as, the infamy of an action.
3. (Law)
Definition: That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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