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.
PRECOCIOUS
precocious
(adjective) appearing or developing early; “precocious flowers appear before the leaves as in some species of magnolias”
precocious
(adjective) characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude); “a precocious child”; “a precocious achievement”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
precocious (comparative more precocious, superlative most precocious)
Characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity.
Exhibiting advanced skills and aptitudes at an abnormally early age.
Synonyms
• tranty
Antonyms
• altricious
• serotinous
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*co"cious, a. Etym: [L. praecox, -ocis, and praecoquus, fr. praecoquere to cook or ripen beforehand; prae before + coquere to cook. See 3d Cook, and cf. Apricot.]
1. Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
2. Developed more than is natural or usual at a given age; exceeding what is to be expected of one's years; too forward; -- used especially of mental forwardness; as, a precocious child; precocious talents.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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