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.
LICKERISH
Etymology
Adjective
lickerish (comparative more lickerish, superlative most lickerish)
Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy.
Lecherous; lustful.
Tempting the appetite; dainty.
Source: Wiktionary
Lick"er*ish, a. Etym: [Cf. Lecherous.]
1. Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy. "The lickerish palate of the glutton." Bp. Hall.
2. Tempting the appetite; dainty. "Lickerish baits, fit to insnare a brute." Milton.
3. lecherous; lustful. Robert of Brunne.
– Lick"er*ish*ly, adv.
– Lick"er*ish*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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