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.
MASQUE
masquerade, masquerade party, masque, mask
(noun) a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
masque (plural masques)
(archaic, in 16th- and 17th-century England and Europe) A dramatic performance, often performed at court as a royal entertainment, consisting of dancing, dialogue, pantomime and song.
(archaic) Words and music written for a masque.
(archaic) A masquerade.
Archaic form of mask.
A facial mask.
Verb
masque (third-person singular simple present masques, present participle masquing, simple past and past participle masqued)
Archaic form of mask.
Anagrams
• squame
Source: Wiktionary
Masque, n.
Definition: A mask; a masquerade.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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