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.
JAPES
Noun
japes
plural of jape
Verb
japes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jape
Anagrams
• jaspe, jaspé
Source: Wiktionary
JAPE
Jape, v. i. Etym: [Prob. from the same source as gab,influenced by F. japper to yelp. See Gab to deceive.]
Definition: To jest; to play tricks; to jeer. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Jape, v. t.
Definition: To mock; to trick. Chaucer. I have not been putting a jape upon you. Sir W. Scott. The coy giggle of the young lady to whom he has imparted his latest merry jape. W. Besant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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