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.
INFUSCATE
infuscate
(verb) darken with a brownish tinge, as of insect wings
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
infuscate (third-person singular simple present infuscates, present participle infuscating, simple past and past participle infuscated)
(transitive) To darken; to make black or obscure.
Adjective
infuscate (comparative more infuscate, superlative most infuscate)
Clouded with brown.
Source: Wiktionary
In*fus"cate, v. t. Etym: [L. infuscatus, p. p. of infuscare; pref. in- in + fuscare to make dark, fr. fuscus dark.]
Definition: To darken; to make black; to obscure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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