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.
OBEISANCE
obedience, obeisance
(noun) the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
bow, bowing, obeisance
(noun) bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
obeisance (countable and uncountable, plural obeisances)
Demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude.
An obedient attitude.
Usage notes
• Usually in the phrases do obeisance or make obeisance.
Source: Wiktionary
O*bei"sance, n. Etym: [F. obéissance obedience, fr. obéissant. See Obey, and cf. Obedience, Abaisance.]
1. Obedience. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. A manifestation of obedience; an expression of difference or respect; homage; a bow; a courtesy. Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance unto the king. 1 Kings i. 16.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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APPROXIMATE
(adjective) not quite exact or correct; “the approximate time was 10 o’clock”; “a rough guess”; “a ballpark estimate”
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