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.
PLAGUY
annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing
(adjective) causing irritation or annoyance; “tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork”; “aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport”; “found it galling to have to ask permission”; “an irritating delay”; “nettlesome paperwork”; “a pesky mosquito”; “swarms of pestering gnats”; “a plaguey newfangled safety catch”; “a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him”; “a vexatious child”; “it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong”
plaguey, plaguy, plaguily
(adverb) in a disagreeable manner; “it’s so plaguey cold!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
plaguy (comparative plaguier, )
Causing annoyance or bother; irritating.
Synonyms
• annoying, irritating, troublesome
Source: Wiktionary
Pla"guy, a.
Definition: Vexatious; troublesome; tormenting; as, a plaguy horse. [Colloq.] Also used adverbially; as, "He is so plaguy proud." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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