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.
PERVERSENESS
perversity, perverseness
(noun) deliberately deviating from what is good; “there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism”
contrariness, perversity, perverseness
(noun) deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
perverseness (countable and uncountable, plural perversenesses)
The quality of being perverse; doggedness, obstinacy.
Source: Wiktionary
Per*verse"ness, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being perverse. "Virtue hath some perverseness." Donne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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