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.
MODICUM
modicum
(noun) a small or moderate or token amount; “England still expects a modicum of eccentricity in its artists”- Ian Jack
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
modicum (plural modicums or modica)
A modest, small, or trifling amount.
Synonyms: iota, jot, tittle, Thesaurus:modicum
Antonym: Thesaurus:lot
Source: Wiktionary
Mod"i*cum, n. Etym: [L., fr. modicus moderate, fr. modus. See Mode.]
Definition: A little; a small quantity; a measured simply. "Modicums of wit." Shak. Her usual modicum of beer and punch. Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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