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.
PUFFY
gusty, puffy
(adjective) blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts; “puffy off-shore winds”; “gusty winds”
puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid
(adjective) abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; “hungry children with bloated stomachs”; “he had a grossly distended stomach”; “eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids”; “swollen hands”; “tumescent tissue”; “puffy tumid flesh”
bouffant, puffy
(adjective) being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing; “a bouffant skirt”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
puffy (comparative puffier, superlative puffiest)
Swollen or inflated in shape, as if filled with air; pillow-like.
Coming or exhaling in puffs.
Speaking or writing in an exaggeratedly eloquent and self-important manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Puff"y, a.
1. Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor. " A very stout, puffy man." Thackeray.
2. Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RACY
(adjective) marked by richness and fullness of flavor; “a rich ruby port”; “full-bodied wines”; “a robust claret”; “the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee”
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