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.
PRECOCITY
precociousness, precocity
(noun) intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
precocity (countable and uncountable, plural precocities)
The state of being precocious.
Synonym: precociousness
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*co"cious*ness, Pre*coc"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. précocité.]
Definition: The quality or state of being precocious; untimely ripeness; premature development, especially of the mental powers; forwardness. Saucy precociousness in learning. Bp. Mannyngham. That precocity which sometimes distinguishes uncommon genius. Wirt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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