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.
LISSOM
lissome, lissom, lithe, lithesome, supple, sinuous
(adjective) gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
lissom (comparative lissomer, superlative lissomest)
Flexible and graceful in movement; lithe.
Synonyms: limber, lithesome, supple, Thesaurus:flexible
Source: Wiktionary
Lis"som, Lis"some, a. Etym: [For lithesome.]
1. Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome. Straight, but as lissome as a hazel wand. Tennyson.
2. Light; nimble; active. Halliwell.
– Lis"some*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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