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.
LAWLESS
anarchic, anarchical, lawless
(adjective) without law or control; “the system is economically inefficient and politically anarchic”
lawless, outlaw
(adjective) disobedient to or defiant of law; “lawless bands roaming the plains”
lawless, wide-open
(adjective) lax in enforcing laws; “a wide-open town”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
lawless (comparative more lawless, superlative most lawless)
Not governed by any law.
Prohibited by law; unlawful, illegal.
Not restrained by the law or by discipline; disorderly, unruly.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Law"less, a.
1. Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a lawless claim. He needs no indirect nor lawless course. Shak.
2. Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; as, lawless men or behavior.
3. Not subject to the laws of nature; uncontrolled. Or, meteorlike, flame lawless through the void. Pope.
– Law"less*ly, adv.
– Law"less*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RACY
(adjective) marked by richness and fullness of flavor; “a rich ruby port”; “full-bodied wines”; “a robust claret”; “the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee”
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