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.
MANGY
mangy, mangey
(adjective) having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap; “a mangy carpet”; “a mangy old fur coat”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
mangy (comparative mangier, superlative mangiest)
Afflicted with mange.
(by extension) Worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit.
Synonyms: decrepit, scruffy, shabby
Source: Wiktionary
Man"gy, a. [Compar. Mangier; superl. Mangiest.] Etym: [F. mangé, p. p. of manger to eat. See Manger.]
Definition: Infected with the mange; scabby.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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