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.
ROUNDELAY
roundelay
(noun) a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
roundelay (plural roundelays)
(music) A poem or song having a line or phrase repeated at regular intervals.
A dance in a circle.
Anything having a round form; a roundel.
Source: Wiktionary
Round"e*lay, n. Etym: [OF. rondelet, dim. of rondel. See Roundel, Roundeau, and cf. Roundlet, Rundlet.]
1. (Poetry)
Definition: See Rondeau, and Rondel.
2. (Mus.) (a) A tune in which a simple strain is often repeated; a simple rural strain which is short and lively. Spenser. Tennyson. (b) A dance in a circle.
3. Anything having a round form; a roundel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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