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.
INTEMPERATENESS
intemperance, intemperateness, self-indulgence
(noun) excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence; “the intemperance of their language”
intemperance, intemperateness
(noun) consumption of alcoholic drinks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
intemperateness (uncountable)
The quality of being intemperate.
Source: Wiktionary
In*tem`per*ate*ness, n.
1. The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in eating or drinking.
2. Severity of weather; inclemency. Boyle. By unseasonable weather, by intemperateness of the air or meteors. Sir M. Hale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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