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.
PROMPTUARY
Etymology
Noun
promptuary (plural promptuaries)
(obsolete) A magazine, repository, or handbook.
(arithmetic) A device described in Napier's treatise Rabdologiæ, consisting of a large set of strips used to multiply multi-digit numbers more easily than Napier’s bones.
Adjective
promptuary (not comparable)
(obsolete) Of or relating to preparation.
Source: Wiktionary
Promp"tu*a*ry, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to preparation. [R.] Bacon.
Promp"tu*a*ry, n. Etym: [L. promptuarium, fr. promptuarius belonging to distribution, distributing: cf, F. promptuaire. See Prompt, a.]
Definition: That from which supplies are drawn; a storehouse; a magazine; a repository. Woodward.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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