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.
LAGGARD
dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey
(adjective) wasting time
dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke
(noun) someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
laggard (comparative more laggard, superlative most laggard)
Lagging behind; taking more time than the others in a group.
(animal husbandry) Not growing as quickly as the rest of the flock or herd.
Noun
laggard (plural laggards)
One who lags behind; one who takes more time than is necessary or than the others in a group.
Synonyms
• See also idler
Source: Wiktionary
Lag"gard, a. Etym: [Lag + -ard.]
Definition: Slow; sluggish; backward.
Lag"gard, n.
Definition: One who lags; a loiterer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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